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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 1 28I i Solution by
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The joint likelihood is , so the factorization criterion for sufficiency proves sufficiency. For any two positive sample vectors its likelihood ratio is , independent of exactly when their sums agree. The likelihood-ratio criterion for minimal sufficiency therefore makes minimal sufficient.
Its gamma distribution has density on . If is integrable for every and has expectation zero for every , thenBy uniqueness of the Laplace transform, almost everywhere. One may first multiply by to obtain an integrable function and use transform parameters ; this handles the transform's integrability hypothesis. Since the gamma densities are positive on , almost surely for every . is complete as well as minimal sufficient.
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