grandes-ecoles 2017 QII.C.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__pc Central limit theorem
In subsection II.C, we consider $\varepsilon$ a strictly positive real, $X$ a discrete real random variable taking values in $\left\{x_{p}, p \in \mathbb{N}\right\}$, and $\left(X_{k}\right)_{k \in \mathbb{N}^{*}}$ a sequence of random variables that are mutually independent and have the same distribution as $X$. For every strictly positive integer $n$, we define the random variable $S_{n}$ by $S_{n}=\sum_{k=1}^{n} X_{k}$. We assume that the random variable $X$ admits an exponential moment of order $\alpha$ where $\alpha$ is a strictly positive real.
a) Show that the variable $X$ has finite expectation. We will denote by $m$ the expectation of $X$.
b) Apply, with appropriate justifications, the weak law of large numbers to the sequence of random variables $\left(X_{k}\right)$.
In subsection II.C, we consider $\varepsilon$ a strictly positive real, $X$ a discrete real random variable taking values in $\left\{x_{p}, p \in \mathbb{N}\right\}$, and $\left(X_{k}\right)_{k \in \mathbb{N}^{*}}$ a sequence of random variables that are mutually independent and have the same distribution as $X$. For every strictly positive integer $n$, we define the random variable $S_{n}$ by $S_{n}=\sum_{k=1}^{n} X_{k}$. We assume that the random variable $X$ admits an exponential moment of order $\alpha$ where $\alpha$ is a strictly positive real.

a) Show that the variable $X$ has finite expectation. We will denote by $m$ the expectation of $X$.

b) Apply, with appropriate justifications, the weak law of large numbers to the sequence of random variables $\left(X_{k}\right)$.