grandes-ecoles 2018 Q35

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__pc Binomial Distribution Derive or Prove a Binomial Distribution Identity
Let $\left(X_{n}\right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of mutually independent Rademacher random variables (taking values in $\{1,-1\}$ each with probability $1/2$). For every $n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$, we set $Y_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left(X_{n}+1\right)$ and $Z_{n} = \sum_{j=1}^{n} Y_{j}$. Determine the distribution of the random variable $Y_{n}$ and that of the random variable $Z_{n}$.
Let $\left(X_{n}\right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of mutually independent Rademacher random variables (taking values in $\{1,-1\}$ each with probability $1/2$). For every $n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$, we set $Y_{n} = \frac{1}{2}\left(X_{n}+1\right)$ and $Z_{n} = \sum_{j=1}^{n} Y_{j}$. Determine the distribution of the random variable $Y_{n}$ and that of the random variable $Z_{n}$.