Jointly Distributed Random Variables : Gamma and Exponential Distributions
If X1, X2,...Xn are all independent Expo(λ), and Sn=Σ i=1..n Xi, then Sn≈Gamma (n,λ). Show that this is true when n=2.
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(This problem is from the chapter of Jointly Distributed Random Variables.)
Before I prove this question, I would like to recall the Exponential random variable and Gamma distribution.
A random variable is said to have a gamma distribution with parameters if its density function is
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