Solution

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Since a square is nonnegative, for . For , the event is . As has no point masses,
Differentiating for gives the contributions of the two inverse branches:
The value assigned to the probability density function at is arbitrary. It can be unbounded near , but there is no atom there because . Both positive and negative preimages must be included; keeping just one would generally lose probability.

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