New posts in probability-theory

Facebook Question (Data Science)

Question on the 'Hat check' problem

How to prove that geometric distributions converge to an exponential distribution?

Finding probability $P(X<Y)$

Proving $\sup_n\mathbb{E} {[|X_n|^2]}\le \left( \sup_n\mathbb{E} {[|X_n|^p]}\right)^{2/p}$

What is an example of a lambda-system that is not a sigma algebra?

Example of a general random variable with finite mean but infinite variance

What is a Markov Chain?

Why are continuous functions not dense in $L^\infty$?

Borel-Cantelli-related exercise: Show that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} p_n < 1 \implies \prod_{n=1}^{\infty} (1-p_n) \geq 1- S$.

Find $E(\max(X,Y))$ for $X$, $Y$ independent standard normal

Does $Y$ $\mathcal{F_t}$-adapted and $X$ adapted to $Y$ imply that $X$ is $\mathcal{F_t}$-adapted?

What is "white noise" and how is it related to the Brownian motion?

Prove that if $X$ and $Y$ are Normal and independent random variables, $X+Y$ and $X-Y$ are independent

When Superposition of Two Renewal Processes is another Renewal Process?

Conditional expectation of independent variables

Find expectation of $\frac{X_1 + \cdots + X_m}{X_1 + \cdots + X_n}$ when $X_1,\ldots,X_n$ are i.i.d

When does the inverse of a covariance matrix exist?

A probability theory question about independent coin tosses by two players

If $Var(X)=0$ then is $X$ a constant?