Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/ii/paper-3/27l/c/solution

Let be the distribution function of , write , and fix . Set
Conditioning on the first interarrival gives
Indeed, if , the first interval contains and must also have length at least ; if , the process starts afresh at time .
Put and . Then
where
In particular . Iterating the renewal equation yields
For fixed , the last term tends to zero in absolute value because is bounded and
It follows that
Thus the stochastic length bias of a renewal interval gives
for every .

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