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Past exam of the mathematical methods II course of the University of Oxford 2022 6 Solution by
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The triangular support can be written , . The density is nonnegative there, and the normalization of a probability distribution requiresHence . Multiplying the joint probability density by the required function cancels on the interior. Its expectation isThe singularity at lies at a support vertex of zero probability; the displayed integral establishes integrability. Assigning any value to the random function at that single vertex does not change the expectation.
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