grandes-ecoles 2022 Q22

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__psi Discrete Random Variables Expectation and Variance via Combinatorial Counting
Let $m _ { i , j } ( 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n )$ be $n ^ { 2 }$ real random variables that are mutually independent, all following the distribution $\mathcal { R }$. The matrix random variable $M _ { n } = \left( m _ { i , j } \right) _ { 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n }$ takes values in $\mathcal { V } _ { n , n }$. We set $\delta _ { n } = \operatorname { det } \left( M _ { n } \right)$.
Prove that the variance of the variable $\delta _ { n }$ is equal to $n!$
One may expand $\delta _ { n }$ along a row and reason by induction.
Let $m _ { i , j } ( 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n )$ be $n ^ { 2 }$ real random variables that are mutually independent, all following the distribution $\mathcal { R }$. The matrix random variable $M _ { n } = \left( m _ { i , j } \right) _ { 1 \leqslant i , j \leqslant n }$ takes values in $\mathcal { V } _ { n , n }$. We set $\delta _ { n } = \operatorname { det } \left( M _ { n } \right)$.

Prove that the variance of the variable $\delta _ { n }$ is equal to $n!$

One may expand $\delta _ { n }$ along a row and reason by induction.