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Relationship between the number of moments and Tail of the distribution?

While studying about kurtosis and extreme value theory, I came across the concept of tails of the distribution.So So I wanted to ask that why is it such that distribution with higher number of moments definable have a lighter tail and vice-versa.?

Relationship between the number of moments and Tail of the distribution

While studying about kurtosis and extreme value theory, I came across the concept of tails of the distribution.So I wanted to ask that why is it such that distribution with higher number of moments definable have a lighter tail and vice-versa.

Relationship between the number of moments and Tail of the distribution?

While studying about kurtosis and extreme value theory, I came across the concept of tails of the distribution. So I wanted to ask that why is it such that distribution with higher number of moments definable have a lighter tail and vice-versa?

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Relationship between the number of moments and Tail of the distribution

While studying about kurtosis and extreme value theory, I came across the concept of tails of the distribution.So I wanted to ask that why is it such that distribution with higher number of moments definable have a lighter tail and vice-versa.