What is the joint PDF of two uniformly distributed random variables and their sum?
Joint PDF of two random variables and their sum
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0Then ask THIS question. – 2012-09-15
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The problem I'm trying to tackle is really finding the marginal pdf p(e,f) given that a,b,c are uniform and iid RVs while e,f are a+b and a+c respectively.
Call $X=U+V$ and $Y=U+W$ for $(U,V,W)$ i.i.d. uniform on $(0,1)$. The common density of $U$, $V$ and $W$ is $\mathbf 1_{(0,1)}$ hence the density of $(X,Y)$ is the function $f$ defined by $ f(x,y)=\int_0^1\mathbf 1_{(0,1)}(x-u)\,\mathbf 1_{(0,1)}(y-u)\,\mathrm du. $ Introducing $s=\min(x,y)$ and $t=\max(x,y)$, this is $f(x,y)=s$ if $0\lt s,t\lt1$ and $f(x,y)=s-t+1$ if $1\lt t\lt2$ and $t\lt1+s$.
I will try to address the question you posed in the comments, namely:
Given 3 independent random variables $U$, $V$ and $W$ uniformly distributed on $(0,1)$, find the joint probability distribution function of $X=U+V$ and $Y=U+W$.
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0+1 - just what I needed. I awarded, for fairness, the answer to did, however, as that is the correct answer to the question – 2012-09-15