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+(1−λ)θ2)<λψ(θ1)+(1−λ)ψ(θ2), but it doesn't work either.
I hope that someone can help me solve it. Thanks!
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