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A stochastic process is a collection of random variables usually indexed by a totally ordered set.

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Capped binomial random variables

The answer to your question is positive and, for example, follows immediately from Corollary 4 of C. A. León and F. Perron (2003), Extremal properties of sums of Bernoulli random variables, Statis …
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Calculating the probability of an event defined by a condition on a Gaussian random process

I would recommend obtaining a copy of the text H. Cramer and M. R. Leadbetter (1967), Stationary and Related Stochastic Processes, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. which is available as a 2004 Dover repr …
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Is the function $e^{x^2/2} \Phi(x)$ monotone increasing?

This is just an alternative argument to Davide's nice one. First, note that $h' = e^{x^2/2}(x \Phi + \Phi')$. Since $\Phi'' = -x \Phi'$, monotonicity of the integral yields $$ x \Phi(x) \geq \int_{- …
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