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ID: past-exam-of-the-year-1-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2016/discrete-mathematics-continuous-mathematics-and-probability-resit/9/b/iv/solution
Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2016 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics and probability (resit) 9 b iv Solution by
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For any real , put . Since is integer-valued,Continuity of the cumulative distribution function of therefore givesThe strict inequality matters before using the absence of point masses. The resulting probability distribution is discrete, with probability mass functionThus has no ordinary probability density function with respect to length on the real line. Its cumulative distribution function is a step function; its derivative is zero almost everywhere and does not recover its probabilities. The floor function has converted a density into masses on the integers.
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