Paper 1, Section II, F
Part IA, 2020
(a) Let be a random variable. Write down the probability density function (pdf) of , and verify that it is indeed a pdf. Find the moment generating function (mgf) of and hence, or otherwise, verify that has mean 0 and variance 1 .
(b) Let be a sequence of IID random variables. Let and let . Find the distribution of .
(c) Let . Find the mean and variance of . Let and let .
If is a sequence of random variables and is a random variable, what does it mean to say that in distribution? State carefully the continuity theorem and use it to show that in distribution.
[You may not assume the central limit theorem.]