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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ii Paper 4 27K a Solution by
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The part of the log-likelihood depending on isCompleting the square separates the sum into a term independent of and . Positive definiteness makes its unique minimum occur at . Since linear combinations of independent multivariate normal vectors are normal,The Hessian matrix is negative definite, confirming the global likelihood maximum.
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