Exercise 5.2.4

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Suppose Z = X + Y , we compute the probability P(Z ≤ z) = P(X + Y ≤ z) = ∫ x+y≤zpx(x)py(y)dxdy = ∫ x ∫ z−xpx(x)py(y)dxdy, take derivative w.r.t. z we have the probability density function p(z) = ∫ xpx(x)py(z − x)dx , which is the convolution between px and py.

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