Uniform distribution with an atom at zero
ID: uniform-distribution-with-an-atom-at-zero
For and , this mixed probability distribution has probability mass at zero and ordinary probability density function on . That ordinary density integrates to , not to one; conditioned on , the law is the uniform distribution on . Its cumulative distribution function is zero for , for , and one for .
For each positive integer , integration gives . Thus the expected value is and the variance is . The nonzero atom contributes to normalization even though it contributes zero to positive moments. At , conditioning on positive delay is undefined because the conditioning event has probability zero.
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