Monday, November 12, 2018

probability theory - Show that E(Zp)=pinti0nfty(1FZ(x))xp1,dx for every p>0 and nonnegative random variable Z




Given a continuous positive r.v. (I think this means Z0), with pdf fZ and CDF FZ, how would I show that the following expression
E(Zp)=p0(1FZ(x))xp1dx?
I don't know where to start, I tried maybe changing it to a by-parts question or something using pxp1=ddx(xp) but that's all I can think of.


Answer



Note that for X0 we have E(X)=0P(Xx)dx. Now let Y=Zp then P(Y<y)=P(Z<y1/p) by monotonicity of xp on [0,). Hence we have E(Zp)=0P(Y>y)dy=01FY(y)dy=01FZ(y1/p)dy




Now we use the substitution xp=y to get E(Zp)=0p(1FZ(x))xp1dx.



Alternatively you can mimic the proof for E(Z)=0P(Zz)dz using Fubini for E(Zp).


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