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Boltzmann Distribution With Constraints

I have a problem with showing the existence of Boltzmann distribution given some constraints. Consider $p_1,...,p_n$ a Boltzmann distibution, where $p_i=\frac{\epsilon^{-\beta \cdot E_i}}{\sum_{j}^{} ...
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A question about the stability of a property of the normal distribution

Recall that the standard normal distribution can be characterized as the unique standardized (having mean zero and unit variance) distribution $P$ on $\mathbb{R}$ with the property that with $X$, $Y$ ...
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Distribution of convex combination of i.i.d Gamma random variables

I am wondering what one can say regarding the convex combination of i.i.d Gamma random variables? Specifically, consider $x_{i}$ be $Gamma(\theta,1)$, then would we have the following and if yes, ...
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Binary symmetric channel capacity or mutual information inequality

I proved that I(X,Y) <= 1 - H(p) to the following way: How can I prove if I start in that way I(X,Y) = H(X) - H(X|Y), I ...
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A probability question on sum

Let $X_{1}$, $X_{2}$, $X_{3}$, $X_{4}$, $X_{5}$ and $X_{6}$ be real-valued random variables that have the same probability distribution with finite moments, and they are independent. Does anyone know ...
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Repeatedly rolling a die and the tails of the multinomial distribution.

For $1\leq i\leq n$ let $X_i$ be independent random variables, and let each $X_i$ be the uniform distribution on the set ${0,1,2,\dots,m}$ so that $X_i$ is like an $m+1$ sided die. Let ...
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How can I prove this inequation $\Pr\{X+Y<t\} \le \Pr\{X<t\} \Pr\{Y<t\}$

Could you please help me to prove the inequality probability as follows: $\Pr\{X+Y<t\} \le \Pr\{X<t\} \Pr\{Y<t\}$ where $X$ and $Y$ are non-negative independent random variables with common ...
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Beta Function — finding a lower bound based on parameters

I would like to show that $$ 1-\frac{1}{c}Beta\left(c+1,\frac{1}{c}\right) \geq \frac{1}{c+1}.$$ for all $c \geq 2$. I have plotted it out for $c$ up through 200, and it seems to hold. Does anyone ...
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Does an inequality between definite integrals imply an inequality between the derivative wrt an exponent?

I have two cdfs, both distributed over 0 to 1. Let's call them $F(x)$ and $G(x)$. If I know that $$\int_0^1 F(x) \,dx < \int_0^1 G(x) \,dx$$ then, does it follow that $$ \left|\frac{d}{dn} ...
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Quantile function properties

I am confused by "Inverse distribution function (quantile function)" section of the wikipedia page on CDFs . It says that $$F^{-1}(F(x)) \leq x\text{ and }F(F^{-1}(y)) \geq y$$ However, I ...
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Proof of upper-tail inequality for standard normal distribution

$X \sim \mathcal{N}(0,1)$, then to show that for $x > 0$, $$ \mathbb{P}(X>x) \leq \frac{\exp(-x^2/2)}{x \sqrt{2 \pi}} \>. $$