Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ii Paper 3 26K b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
The integrands are absolutely integrable because has compact support, , and . Fubini's theorem therefore permits us to insert and interchange the expectation and integrals:With , the inner integral in isNow set . The change of variables giveswhich is the required identity.
Choose any with , , and for which Fourier inversion theorem applies, for example a Gaussian function. The left side factors through the Fourier transform of asOn the right side, andThe dominated convergence theorem and Fourier inversion at zero giveConsequently the Fourier-cutoff recovery of expectations from a characteristic function isThe right side depends only on . Equal characteristic functions therefore give equal expectations for every compactly supported continuous , and part a yields the uniqueness theorem for characteristic functions.