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A person during adolescence. Sampled age range, developmental characteristics and social context constrain how findings apply to other young people.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2023 Discrete mathematics, probability and continuous mathematics 1 c i 2 Solution by
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A least upper bound of is an element such that for every , and such that for every other upper bound of . It need not belong to . The antisymmetric relation axiom makes it unique whenever it exists.
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The greatest element of , also called its maximum, is an element such that for every . Membership in is essential; an upper bound need not belong to .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2023 Digital systems, linear algebra and introduction to formal proof 8 d 2 Solution by
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Under the same scope convention, is not free for substitution for . The occurrence of inside is free but lies under , so its replacement would capture the new . Rename this binder to fresh . Substitute only for the free occurrences in the first conjunct:The two occurrences of in the final conjunct are bound variables and remain unchanged. The inserted remain free.
If instead one gives the printed only the scope , this part's free-for-substitution answer becomes yes, because neither free occurrence then lies under that binder. Under that alternative parsing, the result is explicitlyThe narrower reading does not change the negative answer in (1): its occurrence of inside still requires renaming that binder before substitution. The broad-scope answers above give a single consistent parsing across the paper.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2023 Digital systems, linear algebra and introduction to formal proof 8 d 1 Solution by
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Use broad scope up to the enclosing parenthesis, consistent with (c). Thus the first conjunct is read as is not free for substitution for . The free occurrence of in lies under ; inserting there would capture its . Rename that bound variable to a fresh first, using alpha equivalence. The capture-avoiding first-order substitution is thenEvery occurrence of in the original formula is free, so all four are replaced. The variable introduced by the term remains free, and the final is unchanged.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 9 b ii Solution by
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First , so linearity of expectation gives . The tail integral formula for expectation, followed by the finite binomial theorem expansion, givesThe exchange involves only a finite sum. As a useful check, substitution rewrites the integral as , the harmonic number .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 9 b i Solution by
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Write . Each exponential distribution has cumulative distribution function for . Independence therefore gives the maximum of independent exponential random variables formulaFor any fixed , the threshold is nonnegative for all sufficiently large . ThenThis is convergence in distribution to the standard Gumbel distribution.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 9 a iv Solution by
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Because , its cumulative distribution function is zero for . For , the transformation is decreasing, and has a continuous cumulative distribution function, soThus the exponential transform of a standard Gumbel variable givesThis is the exponential distribution with rate .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 9 a iii Solution by
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The proposed cumulative distribution function satisfies and is smooth. Its derivative isso it is increasing and continuous, hence right-continuous. As , and ; as , and . Thus it has all the required cumulative distribution function properties, and defines the standard Gumbel distribution.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 9 a ii Solution by
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Every cumulative distribution function is nondecreasing, right-continuous, valued in , and has limits at and at . For a continuous random variable it is continuous. When a probability density function exists, it is in fact absolutely continuous, with nonnegative derivative almost everywhere.
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The cumulative distribution function is . In the absolutely continuous setting of a probability density function, the probability density function is a nonnegative integrable function satisfyingThus and almost everywhere. A merely continuous cumulative distribution function need not possess a probability density function; the density assumption means absolute continuity.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 8 b iii Solution by
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The extra ancestor multiplies the probability generating function by . The preceding probability generating function of an independent random sum formula therefore yieldsFor the two roots are . A probability generating function lies in there, so the plus root is impossible. Also gives . Consequently the total progeny with critical geometric offspring hasAt the value is , consistent with almost-sure finiteness. For complex , the same expression uses the analytic square root that equals at .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 8 b ii Solution by
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For , condition on . Independence of the descendant total progeny variables givesincluding the empty product when . Taking expectation over proves the probability generating function of an independent random sum formulaThe same identity holds for complex by absolute convergence.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 8 b i Solution by
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The ancestor contributes one individual. Given its offspring count , the descendant family rooted at each child is an independent branching process with the same offspring distribution as the original one. Its total progeny therefore has the same distribution as . The independent reproduction choices let these descendant total progeny variables be represented by independent copies , independent of . Hence, on this family-tree construction,where the sum is zero when .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 8 a ii Solution by
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This is the geometric distribution on with success parameter . Its probability generating function is a geometric series:
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 8 a i Solution by
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For a nonnegative integer-valued random variable, its probability generating function isThe series converges absolutely at least for , with in the term; it may converge on a larger domain.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 7 b v Solution by
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By linearity of expectation, . The variance of a sum and the negative covariance just proved giveApply Chebyshev's inequality to the empty-box indicators in uniform allocation:This proves the required concentration of the empty-box fraction. Since , it also yields convergence in probability of to .
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 7 b iv Solution by
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Let . The product of two distinct empty-box indicators in uniform allocation is the indicator random variable of both boxes being empty, so . ThusIndeed for , and taking the positive integer power preserves this strict inequality. This proves the negative covariance directly.
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 7 b iii Solution by
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Write , the probability that all balls avoid a specified box. Each of the empty-box indicators in uniform allocation is an indicator random variable with success probability . Since , its expectation and variance are
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2022 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability Probability 7 b ii Solution by
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For both boxes to be empty, each ball must avoid two specified boxes. The individual avoidance probability is , and the choices of different balls are independent. ThereforeThis also covers , when the answer is zero.
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