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Analytical solution for a double integral involving logistic functions and Gaussian distributions
I am working on a mathematical problem involving the evaluation of a double integral, and I am seeking an analytical solution or techniques to solve it. The integral I'm dealing with is as follows:
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Convolution between normal distribution and the maximum over $m$ Gaussian draws
$\DeclareMathOperator\erf{erf}$
Let's consider the Gaussian distribution $P_X(x)= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \sigma^2}} e^{- \frac{x^2}{2 \sigma^2}}$. Now consider the random variable $W \equiv \max \{ X_1, ...
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Expectation of a simple function of multivariate gaussians iid rvs
I would like to compute analytically the following expected value:
$$ E\left( \frac{X_i^2}{\sum_j \lambda_j^2 X_j^2}\right) $$
where the $X_i \approx N(0,1)$ are iid.
It seems to be an elementary ...
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