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In probability and statistics, a probability distribution assigns a probability to each measurable subset of the possible outcomes of a random experiment, survey, or procedure of statistical inference.
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Is this function measurable?
Yes, it is a part of Fubini theorem for the characteristic function of $Y$.
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Question abouth Prokhorov metric
$\sqrt{\varepsilon}$ works. Assume that for some set $A$ we have $\mu(A)=a$ and $\nu(A^{\sqrt{\varepsilon}})<a-\sqrt{\varepsilon}$. Then with probability more then $\sqrt{\varepsilon}$ we have $X\in A …
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Mass-redistribution generalization of Jensen's inequality
Yes, this is called 'majorization' or 'second order stochastic dominance' of measures (first term is used in analysis, second in probability). The idea is very simple: we partition the measure $\mu$ o …
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Integrability of Gaussian sums
As Paata suggests, we write
$$
\mathbb{E} e^{tZ^{2}} = 2t \int_{0}^{\infty}\lambda e^{t\lambda^{2}}P(Z>\lambda)d\lambda. \quad\quad\quad (\heartsuit)
$$
Next, for any vector $(\delta_1,\ldots,\delta_n …
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Coupling a binomial - parity conditioning
This is possible for all $n$ and $p$.
I start with a direct construction.
Obviously, if $X$ is even, then we should have $X'=X$. So we should construct the corresponding coupling between $Y$ and $X'$, …
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Symmetry in the triangular distribution
The distribution function equals
$$
p(x)=\frac{|x-a|}{(a-b)(a-c)}+\frac{|x-b|}{(b-a)(b-c)}+\frac{|x-c|}{(c-b)(c-a)}.
$$
This is pretty symmetric. If you need a $k$-th moment, it equals
$\frac2{(k+1)( …
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Proof of the monotonicity of a regularized incomplete beta function
Denote $I_0(n)=\int_0^r x^{nr-1}(1-x)^{1+(1-r)n}dx$, $I_1(n)=\int_r^1 x^{nr-1}(1-x)^{1+(1-r)n}dx$. You want to prove that $I_0/(I_0+I_1)$ decreases, equivalently, $(I_0+I_1)/I_0$ increases, equivalent …
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A remarkable identity involving $\chi^2$ random variables
The proof of
$$
\mathbb E \Big| \sum_{i=1}^{2n} x_i^2 - \sum_{j=1}^{2n} y_j^2 \Big| = 4^{1-n}n \binom{2n}{n}.
$$
Denote $z_i=(x_i-y_i)/\sqrt{2}$, $w_i=(x_i+y_i)/\sqrt{2}$. Then the vectors $z$ and …
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Inequality for Gaussian measures
Denote $K_0=[-a,a]\times \mathbb{R}^{k-1}$, $K_{-}=[-\infty,-a]\times \mathbb{R}^{k-1}$, $K_{+}=[a,\infty]\times \mathbb{R}^{k-1}=-K_-$.
We have $$\mu(L)(\mu(K_0)+2\mu(K_+))=\mu(L)=\mu(L\cap K_0)+\mu( …
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Concentration Bound of $0/1$ permanent
(Something to start with.)
Denote the permanent by $P$. We have ${\mathbb E}(P)=(1-p)^nn!$. Now look at ${\mathbb E}(P^2)$. This is a sum over all pairs of permutations $\pi,\sigma$ of $(1-p)^{2n-fix …
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Is this equality between an integral and a series wrong?
We may change the variables as $xa^{1/s}=t$, this proves that $a^{1/s}\cdot \int$ is a function of $ba^{-p/s}$, not of $ba^{1/s}$.
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Expectation of the exitpoint distance for the symmetric random walk
If we denote the density $d\mu/dx=p(x)$ (considered as a function on the whole line), for the function $f(L)=\hbar_{\nu,L}$ (also considered on the whole line) we get $f(L)=-L$ whenever $L<0$ and $$f …
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Does a subset with small cardinality represent the whole set?
The probability that all samples are less than $N^{19/10}$ is $(1-N^{-19/20})^{N}$ that tends to 0. The expected number of samples greater than $N^{1/2}$ is $N^{3/4}$, thus, the probability that we ha …