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The independent uniform distributions give a constant joint probability density $1$ on the unit square. For $0<x<1$, integrate over $x<u<v^2$:For the random quadratic with uniform coefficients, real roots require its discriminant to be nonnegative, equivalently $U\le V^2$. The boundary has probability zero, and the area under this parabola isOn that event the roots are $-V\pm \sqrt{V^2-U}$, both nonpositive. Bounding both absolute values by one therefore amounts to bounding the more negative root:Since $0\le V\le 1$, squaring the inequality is legitimate and gives $U\ge 2V-1$. The admissible unit-square region is $\max (0,2v-1)\le u\le v^2$. Its probability isDividing by the real-root probability gives the requested conditional probability:

The transformation of the uniform distribution gives, for $x\ge 1$,Thus $X_1$ has a Pareto distribution with lower endpoint $1$ and shape $2$. It has mean $2$, but no positive exponential moments, so the preceding version of the Cramér theorem is unavailable.

At $a=0$, the event in question is certain. For every fixed $a>0$ and all sufficiently large $n$, positivity of the summands gives the one-big-jump polynomial lower boundTaking logarithms and dividing by $n$ gives an upper bound $0$ and a lower bound $-2\log (na)/n\to 0$. HenceThis covers thresholds below, at and above the mean. Above the mean it means decay is slower than exponential speed $n$, not that the tail probability tends to $1$.

A version of a stochastic process means a stochastic process on the same probability space such that, for every fixed $t$,The exceptional null set may depend on $t$. Indistinguishability of stochastic processes means that there is one null set outside which $X_t=Y_t$ for all $t\ge 0$ simultaneously.

For an example separating the definitions, let $U$ have uniform distribution on $(0,1)$, and setFor every fixed $t$, $\mathbb{P}(U=t)=0$, so $Y$ is a version of a stochastic process with original stochastic process $X$. But for every sample outcome the stochastic processes differ at its time $t=U$. HenceThe spike path of $Y$ is not right-continuous at $U$, which explains why the next part's regularity assumption rules out this example.

Conditional on $\lambda$, a Poisson distribution has both conditional expectation and conditional variance equal to $\lambda$. For the uniform distribution on $(1,3)$,Thus $K=v/a=6$ and the one-year credibility factor is $Z_1=1/7$. With the observed count equal to one, the Bühlmann credibility estimate of the next year's conditional claim expected value isThe estimate gives relatively little weight to one year because the expected process variance is six times the variance of hypothetical means.

For the Box-Muller transform, draw independent $U,V$ from the uniform distribution on $(0,1)$ and setThe radial density is $r{e}^{-r^2/2}$ for $r>0$, with an independent uniform angle. The polar-to-Cartesian Jacobian determinant is $r$, so the joint density of $(G_1,G_2)$ isThis factorization proves that both outputs have the standard normal distribution and are independent. Repeating the Box-Muller transform with fresh independent uniform pairs gives independent normal outputs; discard one extra output if the desired sample size is odd.

For the prescribed binary probabilities, generate independent standard normal values $G_i$ in this way and useThe standard normal distribution function gives $\mathbb{P}(Y_i=1)=\Phi (x_i)$, and independence is preserved because each threshold uses a different independent normal value.

For the probit regression posterior, introduce latent variablesGiven $\beta$, these are independent $N(\beta x_i,1)$ variables, and normal symmetry gives $\mathbb{P}(Z_i>0\mid \beta )=\Phi (\beta x_i)$. Thus this data augmentation has exactly the observed binary likelihood. With the specified normal prior distribution, the augmented joint posterior is proportional toThe latent-normal Gibbs sampler for probit regression alternates two blocks. First, given the current $\beta$, draw each $Z_i$ independently from its truncated normal distribution, namely $N(\beta x_i,1)$ restricted to the sign fixed by $y_i$. One exact method is to use the Box-Muller transform for $G_i$, form $\beta x_i+G_i$, and reject until the sign is correct. The probability of success is positive at every finite parameter value, so the method is valid, although it can be slow for a rare sign.

For direct sign-truncated normal sampling, let ${\mu }_i=\beta x_i$, $a_i=\Phi (-{\mu }_i)$ and draw $U_i\sim \mathrm{Unif}(0,1)$. An inverse transform sampling implementation isUse suitable tail or survival-function evaluations when floating-point probabilities approach zero or one; the rejection construction remains a valid alternative.

Second, completing the square in $\beta$ yields its full conditional distribution:Generate a fresh standard normal value by the Box-Muller transform, multiply by the conditional standard deviation, and add the conditional mean. Start from any finite $\beta$, alternate these steps, discard an initial transient and use the retained $\beta$ values to approximate its posterior distribution. These are dependent Markov chain Monte Carlo samples, rather than independent posterior draws. Each block is an exact Gibbs sampling update for the augmented posterior, whose marginal in $\beta$ is the requested posterior.

Each observation has uniform distribution density ${\theta }^{-1}{1}_{\{0<y_j<\theta \}}$. Independence makes the likelihood function their product. For positive observations the support reduces to $\theta >M$, givingFor data outside the positive orthant the likelihood is zero. Changing the convention at the endpoint does not change a continuous posterior distribution.

Fit two hierarchical Bayesian models to the same observations, one with the bounded uniform distribution sampling density and the other with an exponential distribution density. Specify rate versus mean in the exponential model and assign appropriate, scientifically comparable proper prior distributions; that parameter is no longer a literal maximum size. Obtain posterior distributions, for example by Markov chain Monte Carlo, and check convergence.

At the same observational level in both models use the Bayesian deviance $D(\varphi )=-2\log p(\mathbf{y}\mid \varphi )$, excluding prior densities. Retain the same likelihood constants and consistently either condition on breed effects or integrate them out. Estimate $\overline{D}=\mathbb{E}[D(\varphi )\mid \mathbf{y}]$, evaluate $D(\overline{\varphi })$ at the posterior mean, and compute the effective parameter count in DIC:Smaller DIC favours the fit–complexity tradeoff. Supplement it with posterior predictive checks; the uniform model's parameter-dependent support and the hierarchical structure make the criterion a diagnostic rather than an automatic definitive decision.

Let $v_j$ be the optimal expected value before seeing the next offer when $j$ rounds remain. With one round left the offer must be accepted, so $v_1=1/2$. For $j>1$, observing $x$ gives a choice between $x$ now and the continuation value $v_{j-1}$. Independence of future uniform distributions makes that continuation value independent of past offers. Thus the uniform-offer stopping recursion isIt gives $v_2=5/8$ and $v_3=89/128$. The Snell envelope rule therefore yields the explicit strategyOnly rounds actually reached are played. At a threshold the two actions have identical continuation expected value; either convention is optimal, and exact equality has probability zero. The optimal expected payout before the first offer is

Let the independent unit-step vectors be $V_j=(\cos {\Theta }_j,\sin {\Theta }_j)$. The uniform distribution of each angle gives $\mathbb{E}[V_j]=0$, while $|V_j{|}^2=1$. With $S_n={\sum }_{j=1}^n{V}_j$, expand the squared Euclidean norm:By independence, each cross term equals $\mathbb{E}[V_i]\cdot \mathbb{E}[V_j]=0$. HenceThis mean-square displacement of an isotropic planar random walk grows linearly even though the expected value of the displacement vector remains zero.

A uniform prior on $(0,T)$ makes the posterior density proportional to the Poisson change-point posterior likelihood above. The zeros trick introduces an observed zero with Poisson distribution mean $K-\log L(\theta )$, making its likelihood function equal to $e^{-K}L(\theta )$. Choose $K=T+n\log 2+1$; since $\log L(\theta )\le n\log 2$, this mean is strictly positive. Rough BUGS code, with zero=0 supplied as data, isFor $n=0$, omit the array and set j <- 0. Monitor the sampled theta to obtain its posterior mean, credible interval and interval probabilities.

There is also an exact sampling method. On $(t_j,t_{j+1})$ the posterior density is proportional to $2^{-j}{e}^{\theta }$, so choose the interval with weightsThen draw $U$ from a uniform distribution on $(0,1)$ and set $\theta =\log (e^{t_j}+U(e^{t_{j+1}}-e^{t_j}))$. These weighted interval draws sample the posterior directly, without asking a local Markov chain Monte Carlo update to cross its discontinuities.

For $x\ge 0$, the monotonicity of the logarithm and the uniform distribution giveFor $x<0$ the cumulative distribution function is zero. Differentiation gives the probability density function $f(x)=\lambda e^{-\lambda x}$ for $x>0$, and zero elsewhere. The distribution is $\boxed{\mathrm{Exp}(\lambda )}$, with rate $\lambda$. This is inverse transform sampling of an exponential distribution.

First, convergence in probability at $t=0$ gives $X_0=0$ almost surely, since every $X_0^n=0$. For any finite set of times, the corresponding vectors converge in probability: the union bound controls the probability that any coordinate differs by more than a fixed tolerance. The same holds for their increment vectors, hence also for their convergence in distribution.

For $0=t_0<t_1<\cdots <t_m$, set $D_j^n=X_{t_j}^n-X_{t_{j-1}}^n$ and $D_j=X_{t_j}-X_{t_{j-1}}$. The characteristic function of a random vector factors for the independent increments of each $X^n$:Pass to the limit using convergence in distribution and bounded continuous functions. The resulting factorization of the characteristic function of a random vector, with the uniqueness theorem for characteristic functions, proves independence of the $D_j$. Similarly $X_{s+t}^n-X_s^n\stackrel{d}{=}{X}_t^n$ passes to the limit, proving stationary increments for $X$.

It remains to prove stochastic continuity. For $\epsilon >0$, the triangle inequality and the union bound imply, for every fixed $n$,The second term vanishes by stochastic continuity of $X^n$. Now let $n\to \infty$ and use the additional near-zero approximation hypothesis. We obtain $X_t\to 0$ in probability as $t\downarrow 0$. The stationary increments transfer this to every time: both $X_{s+h}-X_s$ and $X_s-X_{s-h}$ have the law of $X_h$ for $h>0$ when defined. Thus $X$ has all the intrinsic Lévy process properties, proving closure of Lévy processes under locally controlled convergence in probability.

If one requires the supplied process itself to be càdlàg, the hypotheses justify a càdlàg modification, rather than that stronger pathwise assertion. To see the distinction, take $X^n\equiv 0$, let $U$ have uniform distribution on $(0,1)$, and put $X_t=1_{\{t=U\}}$. At each fixed time $t$, $X_t=0$ almost surely, so both approximation hypotheses hold with zero error probability. Nevertheless every path has an isolated spike at $U$ and is not right-continuous there. Its identically zero modification of a stochastic process is a Lévy process with càdlàg paths. The conclusion is exact under the intrinsic definition, and exact up to modification under the convention requiring càdlàg paths.

The generalized quantile function isThe tail limits of a cumulative distribution function make the defining set nonempty and its infimum finite. Monotonicity and right continuity imply $F^{-1}(u)\le x$ exactly when $u\le F(x)$. To see the direction involving the infimum, let points in the defining set decrease towards it; right continuity gives $F(F^{-1}(u))\ge u$, so every larger $x$ also qualifies. Consequently, for a uniform distribution variable $U$,The probability-zero endpoints $U=0,1$ can be assigned arbitrary outputs. This proves inverse transform sampling even for distributions with atoms or flat portions; continuity or strict monotonicity of $F$ is not required.

Use the usual independent private values model, quasilinear utility, and voluntary participation with zero outside utility. These assumptions matter: without individual rationality, arbitrary type-independent entry charges make revenue unbounded, and correlated types cannot in general be described by their marginal priors alone.

The revelation principle lets us optimize over direct revelation mechanisms satisfying Bayesian incentive compatibility. Write $x(v)\in [0,1]$ for the common project allocation, $X_i(t)={\mathbb{E}}_{V_{-i}}x(t,V_{-i})$ for player $i$'s interim allocation, and $P_i(t)$ for its interim payment. The interim payment identity givesSince interim individual rationality requires $U_i({\underline{v}}_i)\ge 0$, the virtual-surplus revenue identity bounds expected revenue byThe best feasible common allocation at each valuation profile therefore provides the project when total virtual surplus is nonnegative:Because each regular prior has a nondecreasing virtual valuation, this allocation is a nondecreasing function of each player's report. Hold $v_{-i}$ fixed and charge the critical-value paymentThis is the winning threshold when it lies in the support, the lowest allowed value if every type wins, and zero if the player loses. A truthful winner never pays more than its value; a losing type cannot profit by crossing the threshold. Thus the mechanism has dominant-strategy incentive compatibility and ex post individual rationality, with zero utility at every lowest type. It attains the revenue bound, proving optimality even among mechanisms requiring only Bayesian incentive compatibility. At a zero-virtual-surplus tie, choose any fixed rule that preserves monotonicity.

For independent uniform distributions on $[0,1]$, the virtual valuations are ${\varphi }_i(v_i)=2v_i-1$. The revenue-optimal public-project auction becomesWhen it is provided, player $i$ paysotherwise every payment is zero. If the displayed threshold exceeds one, player $i$ cannot induce provision within its allowed support; if it is negative, provision is independent of its own report and its payment is zero. For $n=1$, this specializes to a reserve value and payment of $1/2$.

Assume the usual continuous nonnegative valuation distribution, so ties occur only on zero-probability events. Put $t=F(v)$. In a monotone symmetric Bayesian Nash equilibrium, a type $v$ is first with probability $t^{n-1}$ and second with probability $(n-1)(1-t)t^{n-2}$. Its rank-order expected prize allocation in $G_1$ is thereforeThe all-pay effort identity gives $b_1(v)={\int }_{\underline{v}}^{v}s{a}_1^{\prime }(s)ds$. It also verifies equilibrium directly: a type $v$ imitating type $z$ has utility $v{a}_1(z)-b_1(z)$, whose derivative is $(v-z)a_1^{\prime }(z)$, so the true type is a best response.

In the first version of $G_2$, the two contests have expected allocationsThere is no common effort budget, and quasilinear utility makes the two effort choices separable. Since $a_{21}+a_{22}=a_1$, adding their all-pay effort identities yieldsThe equality holds type by type for aggregate effort, rather than only after taking expectations. The within-player correlation of the two efforts does not enter these additive expected payoffs.

For the second version of $G_2$, let $V_{[1]}\ge \cdots \ge V_{[n]}$ denote descending order statistics. The expected effort in a rank-order contest with prize vector $(2,1,0,\dots )$ isEquivalently, decompose the allocation into a unit award to the best player and a unit award to each of the best two players, then use revenue equivalence: the corresponding total auction payments are $V_{[2]}$ and $2V_{[3]}$. Two separate first-place contests with prize values one and two instead generateConsequentlyFor a nondegenerate continuous distribution, the inequality is strict. No regularity of virtual valuations is needed for this comparison. With a uniform distribution on $[0,1]$, the two totals are $(3n-5)/(n+1)$ and $3(n-1)/(n+1)$, giving a difference of $4/(n+1)$.

Write $L={\min }_i{X}_i$, $R={\max }_i{X}_i$ and $M={\max }_i|X_i|=\max \{-L,R\}$. The joint probability density factors asBy the Fisher-Neyman factorization theorem, $T=(L,R)$ is a sufficient statistic. The same factorization shows that the smaller statistic $M$ is also a sufficient statistic. This gives the sufficient statistic for a symmetric uniform sample.

In fact, the likelihood-ratio criterion for minimal sufficiency identifies $M$ as a minimal sufficient statistic: two sample points with the same $M$ have identical likelihoods for all $\theta$; with different $M$, their likelihoods have different parameter supports, and so are not proportional as functions of $\theta$. Equivalently, the condition that $f_{\theta }(x)=c{f}_{\theta }(y)$ for every $\theta$ and some positive constant $c$ holds exactly when their absolute maxima agree.

To see rigorously that $T$ cannot be recovered from $M$ almost surely, fix any $\theta >0$. The sample has a distribution invariant under simultaneous sign reversal. If $T=h(M)$ almost surely, the same identity would hold for the sign-reversed sample on another probability-one set. Since $M$ is unchanged by sign reversal, it would follow thatand hence $L=-R$ almost surely. But this event has probability zero for a finite sample from a continuous uniform distribution: it entails $X_i=-X_j$ for some pair of indices, including the possible case $X_i=0$. Therefore $T$ is not a function of the sufficient statistic $M$. The pair of extrema is not minimally sufficient, for every $n\ge 1$, even though it is sufficient.

Write $f(x)=\mathrm{TS}\{x_1,\dots ,x_n\}$. Besides Talagrand's convex distance inequality, we use the precise squared edge bound for tours in the unit square stated above and the triangle inequality, which permits shortcutting a closed walk without increasing its length. We first prove the geometric comparison that connects these results.

For each fixed $x$, choose a cyclic tour $C$ with edge lengths ${\ell }_i$ satisfying ${\sum }_i{\ell }_i^2\le 4$. At vertex $x_i$, let $a_i(x)$ be the sum of the lengths of its two incident edges in $C$. The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality givesWe claim the weighted mismatch bound for Euclidean tours:To prove it, keep the vertices whose coordinates agree. In the cyclic ordering $C$, the deleted vertices split into consecutive runs between kept vertices. For one run, let $a,b$ denote its two boundary edge lengths and $S$ the sum of its internal edge lengths. Starting at the left kept endpoint, visit the run and return along the same path, at cost $2(a+S)$; starting at the right endpoint costs $2(b+S)$. Choose the cheaper detour. Its cost is at mostwhich is exactly the sum of $a_i(x)$ over that run. Attach these detours to a shortest tour through $y$, which already visits every kept point. The resulting closed walk visits all points of $x$; shortcut it using the triangle inequality. Summing the detour costs proves the claimed weighted mismatch bound for Euclidean tours. If there is just one kept vertex, the same argument uses that vertex as both endpoints of the unique run. If there are no kept vertices, $f(x)\le {\sum }_i{\ell }_i\le {\sum }_i{a}_i(x)$ proves the comparison directly. Repeated point locations cause no difficulty, since their connecting edges may have length zero.

Let $M$ be any median of $f(X)$ and set $A=\{y:f(y)\le M\}$. For $f(x)\ge M+t$, the weighted mismatch bound for Euclidean tours impliesThe weights have squared sum at most one, so $d_T(x,A)\ge t/4$. Since $\mathbb{P}(A)\ge 1/2$, Talagrand's convex distance inequality yieldsFor the lower tail, put $B=\{x:f(x)\le M-t\}$. If $\mathbb{P}(B)=0$ there is nothing to prove. For every $y$ with $f(y)\ge M$, apply the same weighted mismatch bound for Euclidean tours with its weights $a_i(y)$ and all $x\in B$. It gives $d_T(y,B)\ge t/4$. The set of such $y$ has probability at least $1/2$, so Talagrand's convex distance inequality instead givesCombining both tails,The bound has a constant fluctuation scale, independent of $n$. Only independence of the point coordinates and their support in the square are needed here; their uniform distribution was needed for the earlier lower bound on the expected value.