Monday, May 23, 2016

probability theory - Let $X$ be a positive random variable with distribution function $F$. Show that $E(X)=int_0^infty(1-F(x))dx$

Let $X$ be a positive random variable with distribution function $F$. Show that $$E(X)=\int_0^\infty(1-F(x))dx$$



Attempt



$\int_0^\infty(1-F(x))dx= \int_0^\infty(1-F(x)).1dx = x (1-F(x))|_0^\infty + \int_0^\infty(dF(x)).x $ (integration by parts)




$=0 + E(X)$ where boundary term at $\infty$ is zero since $F(x)\rightarrow 1$ as $x\rightarrow \infty$



Is my proof correct?

No comments:

Post a Comment

analysis - Injection, making bijection

I have injection $f \colon A \rightarrow B$ and I want to get bijection. Can I just resting codomain to $f(A)$? I know that every function i...