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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 iii Paper 40 1 a ii Solution by
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Integrating out the second coordinate gives the probability density function of the marginal distributionThus the ratio has the normalized target probability density function. The factor from the Jacobian determinant is essential; merely transforming the rectangular coordinates as if they remained uniform would give a different probability density function. This is the basis of the ratio-of-uniforms method.
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