# An increasing probability density function?

Could anyone come up with a probability density function which is:

• supported on [1,∞) (or [0,∞))
• increasing
• discrete
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you mean the density function? CDF is always increasing/non-decreasing. –  Seyhmus Güngören Mar 17 at 15:47
@Seyhmus, yes . –  Yariv Mar 17 at 15:48
One cannot find such a density function: The integral cannot be $1$. –  André Nicolas Mar 17 at 16:07

There exist no such densities. Because, if a function is increasing, then either it has a limit and the function converges to this limit, or it doesnt have a limit.

If it doesnt have a limit then without any doubt the area under the function can not add up to $1$.

In case it is a convergent function and say it converges to $\alpha$, then an amount of area, say $\beta$ is repeated infinitely many times in the integration, therefore integral does not converge.

As a result, no such densities exist.

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@Yariv Yes. Think about the uniform (discrete or continuous) distribution. It even does not increase but does not exists either. –  Seyhmus Güngören Mar 17 at 16:18