Paper 4, Section II, J
Part II, 2014
Suppose you have at hand a pseudo-random number generator that can simulate an i.i.d. sequence of uniform distributed random variables for any . Construct an algorithm to simulate an i.i.d. sequence of standard normal random variables. [Should your algorithm depend on the inverse of any cumulative probability distribution function, you are required to provide an explicit expression for this inverse function.]
Suppose as a matter of urgency you need to approximately evaluate the integral
Find an approximation of this integral that requires simulation steps from your pseudo-random number generator, and which has stochastic accuracy
where Pr denotes the joint law of the simulated random variables. Justify your answer.