Chapter 2.6

Conditional Distributions and Computing Conditional Expectations

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Problem 2.6.1

Let X,Y,ZX, Y, Z be independent identically distributed random variables. Find E[4X−3Y+Z∣X+Y+Z]\mathbb {E}\left[4X-3Y+Z\mid X+Y+Z\right].

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Problem 2.6.2

Let the random variables XX and YY be independent, with the density of XX equal to 1xI[1,e](x)\frac1x I_{[1,e]}(x), and the density of YY equal to 4x3I[0,1](x)4x^3 I_{[0,1]}(x). Compute E[1X+1Y∣XY]\mathbb {E}\left[\frac1X+\frac1Y \mid XY\right].

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Problem 2.6.3

Let XX and YY be independent random variables, uniformly distributed on the interval [0,2][0,2]. Find E[Y2∣X/Y]\mathbb {E}\left[Y^2 \mid X/Y\right].

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Problem 2.6.4

Let XX and YY be independent random variables, XX having a uniform distribution on the interval [0,1][0,1], and YY an exponential distribution with parameter 1. Find (a) E[Y∣X/Y]\mathbb {E}\left[Y \mid X/Y\right], (b) E[Y3/X2∣X/Y]\mathbb {E}\left[Y^3/X^2 \mid X/Y\right].

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Problem 2.6.5

Let X1,…,XnX_1,\dots ,X_n be a sample from the distribution R(0,1)R(0,1). Find (a) E[X1∣X(1)]\mathbb {E}\left[X_1\mid X_{(1)}\right], (b) E[X1∣X(n)]\mathbb {E}\left[X_1\mid X_{(n)}\right].

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Problem 2.6.6

Let X1,…,XnX_1,\dots ,X_n be a sample from the distribution R(0,1)R(0,1). Find (a) E[X1∣X(1)]\mathbb {E}\left[X_1\mid X_{(1)}\right], (b) E[X1∣X(n)]\mathbb {E}\left[X_1\mid X_{(n)}\right].

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Problem 2.6.7

Find E[3X2+5X−5XY−2Y2−10Y∣2Y−X]\mathbb {E}\left[3X^2 + 5X - 5XY - 2Y^2 - 10Y \mid 2Y-X\right] given that XX and YY are independent, XX has the standard Laplace distribution (with parameter σ=1\sigma =1), Y∼R(−1,2)Y\sim R(-1,2).

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Problem 2.6.8

Let ξ1,ξ2,…\xi_1,\xi_2,\dots be independent identically distributed random variables with finite expectation, Sn=ξ1+⋯+ξnS_n=\xi_1+\dots +\xi_n, n∈Nn\in \mathbb {N}. Prove that for all n∈Nn\in \mathbb {N} the equality E[ξ1∣Sn,Sn+1,… ]=Snn\mathbb {E}\left[\xi_1\mid S_n, S_{n+1}, \dots \right] = \frac{S_n}{n} (a.s.) holds.

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