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grandes-ecoles · France · mines-ponts-maths1__mp Discrete Random Variables Expectation of a Function of a Discrete Random Variable
Let $S$ and $T$ be two independent random variables each taking a finite number of real values. Assume that $T$ and $- T$ follow the same distribution.
Show that:
$$E ( \cos ( S + T ) ) = E ( \cos ( S ) ) E ( \cos ( T ) )$$
Let $S$ and $T$ be two independent random variables each taking a finite number of real values. Assume that $T$ and $- T$ follow the same distribution.

Show that:

$$E ( \cos ( S + T ) ) = E ( \cos ( S ) ) E ( \cos ( T ) )$$