Sunday, October 11, 2015

probability - Random variable and expectation

This is a part of an exercise that I'm doing, in Durrett's Probability book.



Let X be a r.v which is not constant. Let ϕ(θ)=Eexp(θX)< for θ(δ,δ), and let ψ(θ)=logϕ(θ). Prove that ψ is strictly convex.




I wanted to write ψ'' but it's not always well defined, because ϕ is not always well defined. To calculate ϕ, we derive inside the expectation, so ϕ(θ)=E(Xexp(θX)), but nothing garantees that E(Xexp(θX)) is finite.


I also tried to write the classic definition of convex functions ψ(λθ1+(1λ)θ2)<λψ(θ1)+(1λ)ψ(θ2), but it doesn't work either.


I hope that someone can help me solve it. Thanks!

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