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Prove or disprove the linearity of expectiles

For expectation (mean), there are many useful properties such as Linearity of Expectation: $\mathbb{E}[X+Y]=\mathbb{E}[X]+\mathbb{E}[Y]$ $\mathbb{E}[\alpha X]=\alpha\mathbb{E}[X]$ (The two equations ...
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Deconvolution of sum of two random variables

Let $Z = X + c \cdot Y$ where $X$ and $Y$ are independent random variables drawn form the same distribution given by the pdf $g()$ and $0 < c < 1$ I have observations of $Z_i$'s and thus can ...