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A distribution is a mathematical description of probabilities or frequencies.

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Closeness of 2-parametric discrete distributions when first 2 moments are matching

Are there any sufficient conditions on the nature of the distributions that will ensure that they are close in total variation distance? Necessary conditions? … I tried deriving an expression for the total variation distance between two different distributions from $\mathcal{D}$ in terms of their first and second moments, but to no avail. …
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