The moment generating function is analytic #
The moment generating function mgf X μ
of a random variable X
with respect to a measure μ
is analytic on the interior of integrableExpSet X μ
, the interval on which it is defined.
Main results #
analyticOn_mgf
: the moment generating function is analytic on the interior of the interval on which it is defined.iteratedDeriv_mgf
: the n-th derivative of the mgf att
isμ[X ^ n * exp (t * X)]
.analyticOn_cgf
: the cumulant generating function is analytic on the interior of the intervalintegrableExpSet X μ
.
For t : ℝ
with t ∈ interior (integrableExpSet X μ)
, the derivative of the function
x ↦ μ[X ^ n * exp (x * X)]
at t
is μ[X ^ (n + 1) * exp (t * X)]
.
For t ∈ interior (integrableExpSet X μ)
, the derivative of mgf X μ
at t
is
μ[X * exp (t * X)]
.
For t ∈ interior (integrableExpSet X μ)
, the n-th derivative of mgf X μ
at t
is
μ[X ^ n * exp (t * X)]
.
The derivatives of the moment generating function at zero are the moments.
For t ∈ interior (integrableExpSet X μ)
, the derivative of mgf X μ
at t
is
μ[X * exp (t * X)]
.
The moment generating function is analytic at every t ∈ interior (integrableExpSet X μ)
.
The moment generating function is analytic on the interior of the interval on which it is defined.
The cumulant generating function is analytic on the interior of the interval
integrableExpSet X μ
.