CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE PARETO DISTRIBUTION BY THE INDEPENDENCE OF RECORD VALUES

In this paper, we establish characterizations of the Pareto distribution by the independence of record values. We prove that $X{\in}PAR(1,{\beta})$ for ${\beta}$ > 0, if and only if $\frac{X_{U(n)}}{X_{U(n)}-X_{U(n+1)}}$ and $X_{U(n)}$ are independent for $n{\geq}1$. And we show that $X{\in}PAR(1,{\beta})$ for ${\beta}$ > 0, if and only if $\frac{X_{U(n)}-X_{U(n+1)}}{X_{U(n)}}$ and $X_{U(n)}$ are independent for $n{\geq}1$.