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(New page: The '''expectation''' of random variable <math>X</math> with probability density function <math>f(x)</math> is :<math> \mbox{E}[X] =\int\limits_{-\infty}^\infty x f(x)dx. </math> This is a...)
 
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Revision as of 13:10, July 3, 2008

The expectation of random variable <math>X</math> with probability density function <math>f(x)</math> is

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\mbox{E}[X] =\int\limits_{-\infty}^\infty x f(x)dx. </math> This is also the mean of random variable <math>X</math>.

The expectation with respect to some function <math>g(X)</math> is

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\mbox{E}[g(X)] =\int\limits_{-\infty}^\infty g(x) f(x)dx. </math>