PMF를 이용
\begin{align*}
\text{ex. }~&X \sim Geometric.~~i.i.d
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&Y \sim X_1 + X_2
\end{align*}
P(Y_2 = y) = P(X_1 + X_2 = y)
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\begin{align*}
&= \sum_{s=1}^{y}
P(X_1 = s, X_2 = y-s)
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&= \sum_{s=1}^{y}~
P(X_1 = s)~P(X_2 = y-s)
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&= \sum_{s=1}^{y}~
pq^{s-1}~I\big(s \in \{1,~2,~\cdots\}\big)~
pq^{y-s}~I\big(y-s \in \{1,~2,~\cdots\}\big)
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\end{align*}
예를 들어,
- y = 2, s = 1 ⇒ y-s = 1
- y = 2, s = 1 ⇒ y-s = 0
\begin{align*}
\sum_{s=1}^{y-1}
~pq^{s-1}~pq^{y-s-1}
=&~~p^2~\sum_{s=1}^{y-1}~q^{y-2}
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=&~~(y-1)~p^2~q^{y-2}
\end{align*}
단, 계산이 너무 많다.
MGF를 이용
\begin{align*}
&X_i \sim geo(p) \\[10pt]
&M_{X_i}(t) = \sum_{x=1}^{\infty}
\cdot~e^{tx}~P(X_i=x)
\end{align*}