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  1. "expectation of sum is sum of expectation", is this claim true? if yes ...

    May 19, 2019 · "expectation of sum is sum of expectation", is this claim true? if yes, how to justify this claim? Ask Question Asked 6 years, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

  2. Expected Value Proof - Law of Total Expectation.

    Jul 8, 2015 · Expected Value Proof - Law of Total Expectation. Ask Question Asked 10 years, 8 months ago Modified 6 years, 3 months ago

  3. Calculate expectation of a geometric random variable

    Dec 13, 2013 · 3 A clever solution to find the expected value of a geometric r.v. is those employed in this video lecture of the MITx course "Introduction to Probability: Part 1 - The Fundamentals" (by the way, …

  4. statistics - What is the expectation of $ X^2$ where $ X$ is ...

    Jun 3, 2015 · What is the expectation of $ X^2$ where $ X$ is distributed normally? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 1 month ago Modified 10 years, 9 months ago

  5. Expectation of a log random variable - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Dec 22, 2020 · I have an equation that requires taking the natural log of a random variable. When trying to figure out how to evaluate the expression, I came across this paper: Y. W. Teh, D. Newman and …

  6. probability theory - Confusion about Regular conditional expectation ...

    Jun 16, 2025 · I like this Stats SE answer which (a) points out the problem with the abstract Kolmogorov definition of conditional probability being arbitrary on a set of positive measure and (b) explains how …

  7. probability - Expectation of maximum of n i.i.d random variables ...

    Jul 27, 2019 · Expectation of maximum of n i.i.d random variables Ask Question Asked 6 years, 7 months ago Modified 2 years ago

  8. Intuitive explanation of the tower property of conditional expectation

    May 27, 2011 · I understand how to define conditional expectation and how to prove that it exists. Further, I think I understand what conditional expectation means intuitively. I can also prove the …

  9. Tail sum for expectation - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Tail sum for expectation Ask Question Asked 14 years, 6 months ago Modified 7 years, 7 months ago

  10. optimization - Does conditional expectation commute with essential ...

    Feb 7, 2025 · Does conditional expectation commute with essential supremum over stopping times? Ask Question Asked 1 year, 1 month ago Modified 1 year ago