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Statistical Modelling
Part II, 2021

Let μ>0\mu>0. The probability density function of the inverse Gaussian distribution (with the shape parameter equal to 1 ) is given by

f(x;μ)=12πx3exp[(xμ)22μ2x]f(x ; \mu)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi x^{3}}} \exp \left[-\frac{(x-\mu)^{2}}{2 \mu^{2} x}\right]

Show that this is a one-parameter exponential family. What is its natural parameter? Show that this distribution has mean μ\mu and variance μ3\mu^{3}.