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Proving bound on expectation of likelihood ratio involving mixtures
Let $p$ be a Lebesgue density function with infinite support (i.e. $p(x)>0 \forall x\in \mathbb{R}$ and $\int p(x) dx = 1$). Moreover, assume that $p$ is even (i.e. $p(x) = p(-x)$) and unimodal: $p(...
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Contribution of Fisher information near jump points in convolved probability distributions
I am trying to compute the contribution to the Fisher information from jump points $b_i(\theta)$ in the convolved function $f(x; \theta)$ with respect to the parameter $\theta$. I am unsure whether it ...
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MGF relevant to modified 2nd kind Bessel
Given the moment-generating function
$$
m_{0}(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-t^2}}\,\text{ for }t<1,
$$ which corresponds to a distribution with density
$$
f(u) = \frac{1}{\pi}K_{0}(\frac{u}{\pi })
$$ where $...
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Existence of Dirac measures in the context of joint and marginal distributions
Let $\pi$ be the joint law of $(X, Y)$ with marginal distributions $\mu$ and $\nu$. We assume that we have: for all $A \in \mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R})$ such that $\mu(A) > 0$
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\nu\left(\{y \in \...
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Reference book for a probability course
In the next months I am planning to deliver a (more-or-less) advanced course in probability theory. My students will have had already a first encounter with discrete probability theory (discrete ...
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Generalization of the triangle inequality to complex exponents: What is $P\left(\left| x^{a+bi} + y^{a+bi} \right| \ge \left|z^{a+bi}\right|\right)$?
Let $x \le y \le z$ be the length of the sides of a triangle whose vertices are uniformly random on the circumference of a circle. In this question, it was proved that if $a \ge 1$, then the ...
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If $(a,b,c)$ are the sides of a triangle, then the probability $P(ax + by \ge c) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\chi_2(x) + \frac{4}{\pi^2}\chi_2(y)$
Posting this question in MO since it is unanswered in MSE
Let $(a,b,c)$ be the side of a triangle. In its most general linear form, the triangle inequality can be expressed as: Does $ax + by \ge c$ ...
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Find the area of the region enclosed by $\sin^p x+\sin^p y=\sin^p(x+y)$, the $x$-axis and the $y$-axis (comes from a probability question)
Consider the graph of $\sin^p x+\sin^p y=\sin^p(x+y)$, where $x$ and $y$ are acute, and $p>1$.
Here are examples with, from left to right, $p=1.05,\space 1.25,\space 2,\space 4,\space 100$.
Find ...
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Maximal-type inequality for a Borel probability measure supported on a subset of $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$
Let $\mu$ be a Borel probability measure on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ for $d\ge 1$ which is moreover supported on the unit sphere
$$S=\{\phi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d): \| \phi\|_{ L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)}=1\}.$$
Let ...
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Find the area of the region enclosed by $\frac{\sin x}{\sin y}=\frac{\sin x+\sin y}{\sin(x+y)}$ and the $x$-axis (comes from a probability question)
This question resisted attacks at MSE, so I am posting it here.
Here is the graph of $\dfrac{\sin x}{\sin y}=\dfrac{\sin x+\sin y}{\sin(x+y)}$.
Find the area of the region enclosed by the curve and ...
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Expectation on a Polish space
I was wondering, if given a Polish space $X$, and given some probability measure $p$ on $X$, can the expectation of an $X$-valued function be taken? In particular, would the integral
$\int_X x dp$ ...
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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:
$$...
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$f \in L^2(X\times Y,\mu \times K)$ for Kernel $K$, is the map $X \ni x \mapsto (f(x,\cdot),x) \in \bigsqcup_{x \in X}L^2(Y,\Sigma_Y,K_x)$ measurable?
Let $(X,\Sigma_X)$ and $(Y,\Sigma_Y)$ be two measurable spaces, let $\mu$ be a measure on $(X,\Sigma_X)$, and let $(K_x)_{x \in X}$ be a transition kernel from $(X,\Sigma_X)$ to $(Y,\Sigma_Y)$, that ...
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Show that $\frac{1}{2 \pi i} \oint_{\mathbb{S}^1} \frac{1-\hat{f}(\xi)}{1-\xi}\cdot \frac{\mathrm{d} \xi}{\xi^{n+1}} \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$
Let $f = (f_0,f_1,\ldots,f_n,\ldots) \in \mathcal{P}(\mathbb N)$ be a probability distribution on $\mathbb N$ and denote by $$\hat{f}(z) = \sum_{n\geq 0} z^n f_n$$ for its probability generating ...
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Bound on an integral representing a difference of two relative entropies
Let $ f : [0,1] \to \mathbb{R} $ be a function satisfying: 1.) $ |f(x)| \leqslant a $ for some $ a < 1 $, and 2.) $ \int_0^1 f(x) {\mathrm d}x = 0 $. I would like to know whether the following ...
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Integral with linear function, Normal PDF, Normal CDF
I am trying to calculate the following integral:
$$\int_a^\infty x \Phi(cx+d) \phi\left(\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}\right) dx,$$
where $\Phi$, $\phi$ denote the CDF and PDF of the standard Normal $N(0,1)$.
I ...
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An exercise on log-concave random variable on the real line
Let $X$ be a real random variable with log-concave density $f$. Assume that $E(X) =0$ and $E(X^2)=1$.
Show that there is a universal (independent of $X$) constant $c>0$ such that:
$$P(X\in[-1/2;0])\...
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The monotonicity of the bivariate normal with non-isotropic covariance
Let $Y = (Y_1, Y_2) \sim N(0, 11^T + I)$, be a bivariate normal random variable with non-isotropic covariance.
Define $y = (y_1, y_2)$ and let
\begin{align}
F_{\delta}(y) = \Pr[Y_1 > y_1 - \delta, ...
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Random variable as an integral of an indicator function
This answer says that if $X$ is a random variable and $X_+ = \mathrm{max}(0, X)$, then $X_+ = \int_0^\infty I_{\{X > x\}}\mathrm{d}x$. I'd like to know how to derive this starting with $A \in \...
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Injectivity of two sided Laplace transform
Let $\mu,\nu$ be finite Borel measures on $\mathbb R$.
Assume that there is an open interval $(a,b)$ on which the Laplace transforms exist and coincide:
$$
\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-tx}\,d\mu(x) = \...
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Condition for $f^\prime$ to be absolute integrable
Suppose $f(x)$ is the probability density function of a random variable $X$, which means:
$$\int_{a}^{b} f(x) dx = 1$$
Also suppose $f$ is continuous and differentiable.
Provide a non-trivial ...
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If $X$ and $Y$ independent and identically distributed, then $E(|X-Y|)\leq E(|X+Y|)$. Are other proofs of this known?
I know a proof of the theorem that if $X$ and $Y$ independent and identically distributed, then $E(|X-Y|)\leq E(|X+Y|)$. The proof uses an integral representation of the absolute value,
$$\int_0^\...
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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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What is the meaning of big-O of a random variable?
I encountered this problem in a book "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher M. Bishop. I excerpt it below:
screenshot of the book
In the excerpt, the big-O notation $O(\xi^...
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Probability of multivariant gaussian random variables in different areas
$\newcommand{\sgn}{\operatorname{sgn}}$Let $X_i$ is a gaussian random variable correlated with others. we want to find the probability of each possible case to find the expectation of following ...
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Decreasing tail integrals for nonnegative random variable $X$
Let $X$ be a nonnegative random variable with density function $f(x)$, distribution function $F(x)$, survival function $S(x)=1-F(x)$ and finite first and second moments. Let also
$$\ell(x):=\frac{1}{...
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Inhomogeneous Markov chains and the product-integral as a solution to the Kolmogorov forward equation
We have a inhomogeneous continous $K$-State Markov chain $X(t)$ with transition intensity matrix $Q(t)$. Therefore its entries are:
$$q_{ij}(t)= \lim_{\delta \to 0} \frac{1}{\delta} \mathbb{P}(X(t+\...
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Integration by parts for indicator of a sphere to indicator of a ball
Broadly speaking, I have a radial distribution on $\mathbb R^n$, i.e., the pdf only depends on the $\ell_2$-norm of the argument. I would like to obtain an expression for the pdf in the form $\int_{w=...
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Multiple integral with diagonal constraint (short-range)
I am looking for an upper bound on the following integral:
$$\int_{X_{\delta}}\prod_{j\neq i=1}^{n}\left ( \frac{\delta}{\min (\max(\epsilon, |a_i-a_j|),\delta)}\right )^{b} \prod_{i=1}^{n} da_{i},$$
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Probability density of a hyperplane for a Gaussian distribution
I have a vector $\mathbf{x}$ with a multivariate Gaussian distribution
$$P[\textbf{x}\in S]
=\int_{\textbf{x}\in S}
\det(2\pi H^{-1})^{-1/2}\exp(-\frac{1}{2} \textbf{x}^T H\textbf{x}) \, d\textbf{x}$$...
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Radon transform of the function $h(x_1,\ldots,x_n) = x_1 g(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, where $g$ is the density of multivariate Gaussian $N(\mu,\Sigma)$
Given an absolutely integrable function $f:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$, let $R[f]$ be its Radon transform defined for every $(w,b) \in (\mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\}) \times \mathbb R$ by
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R[f](w,b) := ...
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Closed-form CDF for bivariate normal distribution in point $(\Phi^{-1}(p),\,\Phi^{-1}(p))$
Let $\Phi(x)$ be a CDF of standard normal distribution and $\Phi^{-1}(p),\,p\in(0,1)$ its inverse.
It is evident that
$$
\mathbb{P}(X<\Phi^{-1}(p))=\Phi(\Phi^{-1}(p))=p,
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where $X\sim N(0,1)$.
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Integral form of expectation with respect to complex random variables [closed]
Let $h$ be a random variable and $g(h)$ be a real-valued function of $h$.
We know that if h is a real-random variable then:
$E_h[g(h)] = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(h) g(h) dh$ where f(h) is the PDF of ...
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Integral of the product of a gaussian pdf and cdf
I am trying to solve the integral of a gaussian cumulative distribution function and a gaussian probability function. On this site I have seen solutions of similar, less general integrals (e.g. ...
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Exact formula or non-trivial upper bound on p-norm of $f(x)=\|x\|_2$ in $[0,1)^d$
I wonder whether one can exactly calculate the following integral in terms of $d$ and $p\geq 1$ or not, or a better bound(than the trivial one I am going to give) in terms of $d,p$:
$$\left(\int_{[0,1)...
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Average value of $\frac{x'A^2x}{x'A^3x}$ over surface of $n$-dimensional sphere
Suppose $A$ is a diagonal matrix with eigenvalues $1,\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},\ldots,\frac{1}{n}$ and $x$ is drawn from standard Gaussian in $n$ dimensions. Define $z_n$ as follows
$$z_n=E_{x\sim \...
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Marginalization of Wishart distribution
Consider the following Wishart distribution
$$
f({\bf W}) = \frac{ |{\bf W}|^{(n-p-1)/2} \exp\big[-\frac{1}{2}\text{tr}({\bf V}^{-1}{\bf W} ) \big] }{2^{np/2} |{\bf V}| \Gamma_p(\frac{n}{2})} \tag{1}
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Approximation of $\Phi (p)$
I am trying to find the asymptotic behavior (with respect to N) of the integral $$ \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}}\int_0^\infty \varPhi^{N-2}(p)e^{-p^2}\ dp. $$ In Rényi and Sulanke's paper Uber die konvexe ...
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Estimate of $\frac{\int x^{2p}\,e^{-x^{2n}\,+\,\omega(x,y)}\;dx}{\int e^{-x^{2n}\,+\,\omega(x,y)}\;dx}$
For every $x,y\in\mathbb R$ let
$$ V(x,y) \,\equiv\, a\,x^{2n} + b\,y^{2m} - \omega(x,y)\,$$
where $a,b>0$, $n,m\in\mathbb N$, $n\geq m\geq1$, and $\omega$ is such that $\omega(x,y)/(x^{2n}+y^{2m})...
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Sufficient conditions for finite mean of a non-negative random variable
Consider a continuous random variable that takes only non-negative values. Let the cumulative distribution function be $F(\cdot)$. Consider the following condition:
$$\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty} x(1-F(x)...
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Is integration against an indicator Wasserstein-Continuous
Let $\mathcal{P}_p(X)$ denote the Wasserstein space over a compact metric space $X$, and $1\leq p<\infty$. Fix a non-empty closed subset $C\subseteq X$. Then is the map:
$$
\mathbb{P} \mapsto \...
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Riemann-Stieltjes integral of a distribution function
I recently learned the basics of Riemann-Stieltjes integral, and based on the sources I found, we can define the expectation of random variables quite naturally with the R-S integrals: if $X$ is a ...
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Integration of fractional function over Rice distribution
Let $a>2$ be a real variable. My objective is to find an approximation of the integral defined as
\begin{equation}
\int_0^{\infty } {\frac{1}{{1 + {x^a}}}} f\left( {x|y} \right)\, dx
\end{equation}...
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Expected distance between two uniform points in distinct rectangles
Are there any good approximations (especially upper bounds) for the quantity $E(\|X_1-X_2\|$), where each $X_i$ is uniformly distributed in a rectangle $[a_i,b_i]\times[c_i,d_i]$? It does not appear ...
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Fundamental Theorem of Algebra via multiple integrals
Consider the product of complex linear monic polynomials times polynomials of degree less than $n$, that is $\big( (z-\lambda), p(z)\big)\mapsto (z-\lambda)p(z)$. If we represent a polynomial by its ...
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Quadrature methods for high-dimensional Gaussian integration
Suppose that $f$ is the density of a high(-$d$)-dimensional Gaussian measure with mean $\mu$ and non-singular covariance matrix $\Sigma$. Let $g:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous ...
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Definite integral of 2d Gaussian
Is there some analytic expression or even an approximation of the definite 2D Gaussian integral of the form: $$E=\int_a^b Dg \int_{cg+d}^\infty Dh$$ where $Dg=\frac{dg}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} e^{-g^2/2}$ and a,...
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How should I proceed to solve this kind of integral equation?
Given $a>0$, $b>0$, I am trying to find the function $f_{a,b} : \mathbb{R}_+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_+$ such that for all $u \in \mathbb{R}_+$,
$$\exp\left\{\;\int\limits_{\mathbb{R}_+} \ln\left(...
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Sufficient and necessary conditions for decomposing the sum of random variables
Given two $n$-tuple vectors $\vec{\alpha}=(\alpha_1,\cdots,\alpha_n)$ and
$\vec{h}=(h_1,\cdots,h_n)$, where $h_i\ge0$, $\sum_{i=1}^nh_i=1$, and $\alpha_i\in(0,1)$, we consider a random variable $S$ on ...
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Is there a standard way of defining the integral of an extended real function with respect to a finitely additive probability measure?
Let $X$ be a set, and let $\mu$ be a finitely additive probability measure defined on $2^X$. Let $\Phi$ be the set of functions from $X$ to $\mathbb R \cup \{-\infty, \infty\}$.
Is there a standard ...
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