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Assume X and Y have a bivariate lognormal distribution (x,y>0). I want to know the median of |x-y|.
first I calculate the density of |x-y| based on changing the variables, as follows:

I took u=|x-y| and v=y then

\begin{cases} x=u+v, & \text{if x$\gt$y which result in: u>0 , v>0} \\ x=v-u, & \text{if x$\lt$y which result in v>u>0} \end{cases}
the Jacobian is one, so the density of u=|x-y| is:
$$\int_{0}^\infty f_{X,Y}(u+v,v)dv+\int_{u}^\infty f_{X,Y}(v-u,v)dv$$ my question is: Is this the correct way to estimate the density of absolute value of the difference between two log normal random variables and how can I calculate the median of the above density? appreciate any help

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