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Distribution of the Square of a Standard Normal via Change of Variables

题目

Let XN(0,1)X \sim N(0, 1).

(a) The transformation Y=X2Y = X^2 is not monotone. Using the CDF method, derive fY(y)f_Y(y) by first computing FY(y)=P(X2y)F_Y(y) = P(X^2 \leq y) and then differentiating.

(b) Alternatively, apply the non-monotone change-of-variables formula: if Y=g(X)Y = g(X) and gg has exactly two branches x1(y)x_1(y) and x2(y)x_2(y) satisfying g(xi)=yg(x_i) = y, then fY(y)=i=12fX(xi(y))dxidy.f_Y(y) = \sum_{i=1}^{2} f_X(x_i(y))\, \left|\frac{dx_i}{dy}\right|. Verify you get the same answer.

(c) Identify the resulting distribution and express it as a Gamma distribution.

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