Moment Generating Function of Geometric Distribution/Formulation 2/Examples/Second Moment
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Examples of Use of Moment Generating Function of Geometric Distribution
Let $X \sim \Geometric p$ for some $0 < p < 1$, where $\Geometric p$ is the Geometric distribution.
- $\map X \Omega = \set {0, 1, 2, \ldots} = \N$
- $\map \Pr {X = k} = p \paren {1 - p}^k$
The second moment generating function of $X$ is given by:
- $\map { {M_X}} t = p \paren {1 - p} e^t \paren {\dfrac {1 + \paren {1 - p} e^t } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^3 } }$
Proof
We have:
\(\ds \map { {M_X}} t\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac \d {\d t} \map { {M_X}'} t\) | Definition of Moment Generating Function | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac \d {\d t} \dfrac {p \paren {1 - p} e^t } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^2 }\) | Moment Generating Function of Geometric Distribution: First Moment | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds p \paren {1 - p} \frac \d {\d t} \paren {\paren {e^t } \paren {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^{-2} } }\) | factoring out the $p \paren {1 - p}$ | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds p \paren {1 - p} \paren {\paren {e^t } \paren {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^{-2} } + \paren {e^t } \paren {-2 \paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^{-3} } \paren {-\paren {1 - p} e^t} }\) | Product Rule for Derivatives, Chain Rule for Derivatives, Derivative of Power, Derivative of Exponential Function | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds p \paren {1 - p} \paren {\dfrac {\paren {e^t } } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^2 } \dfrac {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t} } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t} } + \dfrac {2 \paren {1 - p} e^{2t} } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^3 } }\) | multiplying by $1$ | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds p \paren {1 - p} \paren {\dfrac {e^t - \paren {1 - p} e^{2t} + 2 \paren {1 - p} e^{2t} } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^3 } }\) | simplifying | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds p \paren {1 - p} e^t \paren {\dfrac {1 + \paren {1 - p} e^t } {\paren {1 - \paren {1 - p} e^t}^3 } }\) |
$\blacksquare$