CHARACTERIZATIONS OF GAMMA DISTRIBUTION

Let $X_1$, ${\cdots}$, $X_n$ be nondegenerate and positive independent identically distributed(i.i.d.) random variables with common absolutely continuous distribution function F(x) and $E(X^2)$ < ${\infty}$. The random variables $X_1+{\cdots}+X_n$ and $\frac{X_1+{\cdots}+X_m}{X_1+{\cdots}+X_n}$are independent for 1 $1{\leq}$ m < n if and only if $X_1$, ${\cdots}$, $X_n$ have gamma distribution.