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Expectation of Truncated Bivariate Gaussian Random Variables
Suppose $Z , \epsilon \sim N(0, 1)$ are independent Gaussian random variables. Let $a \ll 1$ be a small positive number. Let $W = aZ + \epsilon$. It can be show that
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\mathbb{E} [ W^2 (Z^...
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Proving that an integral related to order statistics is increasing in a certain parameter
Let $f$ and $F$ denote, respectively, the pdf and cdf of a probability distribution on $\mathbb R$. Take any natural $n\ge3$ and any real $a$ and $c$ such that $a\le c$.
Does it always follow that
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Prove this function is increasing
I'm stuck in showing that the following function is increasing over the domain $\left[0,\hat{b}\right]$:
\begin{eqnarray}
\Pi\left(z\right) & = & \int_{0}^{\phi\left(z\right)}\int_{x}^{\bar{x}...
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Compute Mixed Volume with Respect to Some Regular Sets
Let $( \mathbb{R}^n, \mathcal{B}, \gamma)$ be a measure space where $\mathcal{B}$ is the Borel sigma algebra and $\gamma$ is a continuous measure. For $A, B\in \mathcal{B}$ that are convex, the mixed ...
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Does every (generalized?) Markov chain admit transition probabilities?
To pose the question let us start by recalling the following notions:
Transition Probabilities. A transition probability matrix between two measurable spaces $(S,\mathcal{S})$ and $(V,\mathcal{V})$ ...
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Law of unconsious statistician: application in characteristic function
Let $g(x)=(x-a)\mathbf 1_{x\ge a}$ for some $a>0$ and let $X$ be a non-negative random variable with cdf $F$ and $E[X]<+\infty$. I want to calculate $$\frac{d}{da}E[g(X)]$$ To do that I thought ...
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Integration involving modified bessel function, exponential and power
I need to find the following integration.
$$
\int_0^a e^{-(N-1)x}(\sqrt{4x}K_{1}(\sqrt{4x}))^N
$$
where
$$
a>0, \quad N \geq 1
$$
Any help will be much appreciated.
BR
Frank
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Integral involving modified bessel function of second kind, exponential and power
I need to compute the following integral.
$$
\int_0^a e^{-bx}\sqrt{4(a-x)}K_1(\sqrt{4(a-x))}dx\,.
$$
where $$ a>0$$
and $b$ can be greater than zero or less than zero but it is not a complex ...
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Why is $\mathcal{E}(X)=\mathcal{E}(X,X^*)$?
According to a course about $\sigma$-agebras in infinite dimensional space they said that it is easy to see that :
$$\mathcal{E}(X)=\mathcal{E}(X,X^*)$$
where:
$X$ is separable real Banach space.
$\...
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Is the following "section-wise" defined function measurable in the product space?
I asked this question in mathstackexchange a couple of days ago. Almost right after posing it a partial (affirmative) answer came to my mind in the following form
Proposition: Assume that $(X,\...
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Weak convergence of random measures
Let $\mu_n,n\in \mathbb N$ be a random probability measures and let $\mu$ be a deterministic probability measure on $\mathbb R$. That is to say, that the $\mu_n$ are measurable maps from a probability ...
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Inequality with CDF of order statistics
here is a problem I have been struggling with for a while now. This is for a paper I am working on. Any help would be appreciated! Here we go:
Each bidder's valuation $\theta _{i},$ $i=1,...,N$, is ...
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How to calculate $P(\sum_{i=1}^{m}(A_i+S_i)\le L)$ with $A_i,L\sim\text{exp}(\lambda),S_i\sim\text{exp}(\mu)$ and positive integers $\lambda\neq\mu$?
Recently I was stumped by the calculation of the probability
$$\mathbb{P} \big(\sum_{i=1}^{m} (A_i + S_i) \le L < \sum_{i=1}^{m+1} (A_i + S_i) \big)$$
where $A_i \sim \text{exp}(\lambda), S_i \sim ...
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Reference: Bochner Integral`
What would be an easily accessible book dealing with Bochner integration as applied to probability theory (I'm looking to understand random elements and their basic related concepts in a formal yet ...
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Morphisms associated to measured spaces [duplicate]
In a previous discussion (von neumann algebras and measurable spaces), the connexion between von Neumann algebras and localized measured spaces was clarified. I would like to have a category theory ...
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Behavior of the integral of products of probability densities
Assume $z \in \mathbb{R}^m$ and $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$. Assume we have proper density function $P(z)$ and proper conditional density function $P(x|z)$. We give the definition
$$
T(x_1,\ldots,x_n) := \...
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Expectation of a simple function of multivariate gaussians iid rvs
I would like to compute analytically the following expected value:
$$ E\left( \frac{X_i^2}{\sum_j \lambda_j^2 X_j^2}\right) $$
where the $X_i \approx N(0,1)$ are iid.
It seems to be an elementary ...
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An inequality concerning convexity and expectation
Assume $f$ and $g$ are nonnegative with
$$\int_0^\infty f(x)dx=1=\int_0^\infty g(x)dx
$$
and
$$\int_0^\infty xf(x)dx<\infty > \int_0^\infty xg(x)dx
$$
Is it true for nonnegative numbers $p$, $q$ ...
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Laplace transform of : $t^{\gamma-1} F(\alpha,\beta,\delta,t)$, where $F$ is the Gauss' hypergeometric function
What is the Laplace transform of : $t^{\gamma-1} F(\alpha,\beta,\delta,t)$, where $\gamma >0 $ and $F$ is the Gauss' hypergeometric function.
Thanks!
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Inflated independent samples for Monte Carlo estimation
In my particular problem, running an MCMC is too expensive, so I'm looking for a simple MC estimator, which would partially inherit the correlated samples of MCMC, yet would not require computing ...
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Integral wrt probability measure
Let $\Theta\subseteq\mathbb{R}^d$ is open set and $(\cal X, \cal A)$ be a measurable space . For every $\theta\in\Theta$, suppose that $P_\theta$ is a probability measure on $(\cal X, \cal A)$. ...
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Inverse of matrix-valued function
Given $c>0$. Let $\gamma_c:{\cal M}_{k \times k}^+\mapsto {\cal M}_{k \times k}^+$ is a function defined by
\begin{equation}
\gamma_c(\Omega)=\frac1{\sqrt{(2\pi)^{k}|\Omega|}}\int_{\mathbb{R}^k}\{(-...
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Characterization of a particular integrable function
Let $f$ be a strictly positive function such that $\int_{0}^{\infty}f(x)dx=\int_{0}^{\infty}xf(x)=1$ (i.e., a probability density function with expectation one). Let also $g$ be a nonnegative ...
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From Lebesgue Integral to Stieltjes Integral, and integration by parts
Let $X$ be a real random variable with c.d.f function $F$.
Let $g$ be an increasing measurable real function and assume that $\mathbb{E}\left[g(X)\right]$ exists (and is finite).
What additional ...
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Distribute Monte Carlo samples among dimensions
Simplified problem: Given a $d$-times nested convolution of an input function $g(x):\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}$ with the same band-limited smooth function $f(x):\mathbb{R}\mapsto \mathbb{R}$. I am ...
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Marginalizing multivariate normal over defined interval
Hello everyone,
I am trying to obtain an analytic expression for the following Gaussian integral
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{(2 \pi)^n |\Sigma|}} \int \kern-0.2em \cdots \kern-0.2em \int d\mathbf{x}_{\sim i} \;...
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Practical way to check for geometric convergence
Target distribution is multimodal, 24 dimensions, continuous state space. For MCMC integration (MH sampler) I use a manually tuned proposal distribution.
When I measure the convergence rate ...
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Rain droplets falling on a table
Suppose you have a circular table of radius $R$. This table has been left outside, and it begins to rain at a constant rate of one droplet per second. The drops, which can be considered points as they ...
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Surface of the cut of an ellipsoid / Marginal density of a multivariate normal over an affine space
So I'm trying to get the marginal density of a multivariate normal over an affine space
if $A$ is a matrix in $\mathbb{R}^p \times \mathbb{R}^n$ for $p < n$ and $B \in \mathbb{R}^n$, $\Sigma$ is a ...
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Is there a corresponding Hahn decomposition theorem for the real-valued Radon measures?
Hello,
As we know that a signed measure $\mu$ on $R$ can be decomposed to the positive part $\mu_+$ and negative one $\mu_-$ by the Hahn decomposition theorem.
My question is whether each real-...
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Kullback-Leibler divergence of scaled non-central Student's T distribution
What is the Kullback-Leibler divergence of two Student's T distributions that have been shifted and scaled? That is, $\textrm{D}_{\textrm{KL}}(k_aA + t_a; k_bB + t_b)$ where $A$ and $B$ are Student's ...
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Time-integral of a smooth, vector-valued function of a planar Brownian bridge
I'm looking for information on how to compute the distribution of the random vector
$$Z = \int_0^t f(B_s) ds$$
where $t>0$ is fixed, $B_s$ is a 2D Brownian bridge with $B_0 = 0$, $B_t=b \in \...
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An Integral and derived double integral
Suppose that $f\left(x\right)\geq0$ is continuous on $\left[-\infty,\infty\right]$
and $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f\left(x\right)dx=1$. Is it true that
$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\left|x\right|f\left(x\...
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