RANDOM VARIABLES WITH INDEPENDENT BINARY DIGITS

Abstract

Let X = .b1b2b3... be a random variable with independent binary digits bn taking values 0 or 1 with probabilities pn and qn. When does X have a density function. A continuous density function. A singular distribution. This note proves that the distribution X is singular is and only if the tail of the series Summation (log(pn/qn)) squared diverges, and that X has a density that is positive on some interval if and only if log(pn/qn) is a geometric sequence with ratio 1/2 for n greater than some k, and in that case the fractional part of (2 to the power k)X has an exponential density (increasing or decreasing with the uniform density a special case). It gives a sufficient condition for X to have a density, (Summation log (2 max (pn,qn))converges), but unless the tail of the sequence log(pn/qn) is geometric, ratio 1/2, the density is a weird one that vanishes at least once in every interval.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0705642

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  • George Marsaglia

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  • Boeing

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Bits
  • Decomposition
  • Distribution Functions
  • Infinite Series
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • New York
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Scientific Research
  • Sequences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

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  • Mathematics

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