grandes-ecoles 2016 QII.A.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__mp Discrete Random Variables Expectation and Variance of Sums of Independent Variables

We consider a sequence $\left(X_{n}\right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}}$ of mutually independent random variables, taking values in $\{1, -1\}$ and such that, for all $k \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$, $$P\left(X_{k} = 1\right) = P\left(X_{k} = -1\right) = \frac{1}{2}$$ For all $n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$, we set $S_{n} = X_{1} + \cdots + X_{n}$.
Determine the expectation and variance of $S_{n}$.

We consider a sequence $\left(X_{n}\right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}}$ of mutually independent random variables, taking values in $\{1, -1\}$ and such that, for all $k \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$,
$$P\left(X_{k} = 1\right) = P\left(X_{k} = -1\right) = \frac{1}{2}$$
For all $n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$, we set $S_{n} = X_{1} + \cdots + X_{n}$.

Determine the expectation and variance of $S_{n}$.

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