Abstract:
Let random variables $X^{\ast}$, $X$ have discrete distributions on the nonnegative integers and let
$$
\mathbf{P}\{X=k\}=c\sum^{\infty}_{j=k}\mathbf{P}\{X^{\ast}=j\},\qquad k=0,1,2,\dots,
$$
with $c$ a proper constant. Repeated summations of this type are investigated. The limit distribution is geometric for a wide class of parent distributions.