Find distribution that minimises a function of its moments

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Imagine a probability density function $f(x)$, and let's note its $n$th non-centred moment $x_{n}$.

The mean $x_{1}$ is fixed.

How can I find $f(x)$ so that it minimises some given function of the moments? In my case $x_{3}-x_{1}x_{2}$.

This is like minimising a functional, but as the functional in question doesn't depend on the derivatives, I don't know how to do.

Many thanks!