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Standard Cauchy probability law
Definition
Let be Lebesgue measure on and put . Define the standard Cauchy law to be the measure given by The measure with density relative to . The proof below verifies that this measure has total mass one, so it is a probability law.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Lebesgue measure on and the function .
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice, inherited by the Borel-to-Lebesgue and continuous-function measurability interfaces. The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
On , Lebesgue measure is the restriction of Lebesgue outer measure to the Lebesgue sigma-algebra. Under Countable Choice this is a complete measure space, and every Borel set is Lebesgue measurable. Lebesgue measurable sets, the family , and the restricted set function Assuming countable choice, is a sigma-algebra containing every elementary set and is a complete measure extending elementary volume Assuming countable choice, every Borel subset of is Lebesgue measurable
The function is continuous because polynomials, constants, scalar multiples, and quotients with nonzero denominator preserve continuity; a continuous function is Borel measurable under Countable Choice. Sums, scalar multiples, products, absolute values, maxima, minima and quotients with nonvanishing denominator of continuous functions are continuous, as are constants, the identity and every polynomial function Continuous functions on Euclidean spaces are Borel measurable
A nonnegative Lebesgue-measurable density defines the measure . The measure with density relative to
A continuous function on a closed bounded interval is bounded and Riemann integrable; under Countable Choice its Lebesgue integral there equals its Riemann integral. A continuous function on is Riemann integrable, by Heine-Cantor and Riemann's criterion A bounded Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Lebesgue measurable and has the same integral
for every real , and oriented integrals are additive over adjacent intervals. Principal arctangent: derivative, integral, power series, and the Gregory–Leibniz series For : is integrable on if and only if it is integrable on and on , and then ; with the oriented form for arbitrary
The principal inverse tangent is a strictly increasing bijection from onto . The principal inverse tangent
Tangent is odd on its domain, so its inverse on the symmetric principal interval is odd. Pythagorean and parity identities for all six trigonometric functions on their natural domains
If nonnegative measurable functions increase pointwise to , then . Monotone convergence for the integral
A measure is a probability measure when its total mass is one. Probability measures and probability spaces Also, . Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine
By The real numbers and The Cauchy-sequence reals have the least-upper-bound property, the real numbers are a complete ordered field. Thus Every complete ordered field is Archimedean gives, for every real , a natural with .
If is measurable and is nonnegative measurable, then is measurable. Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral
Proof
Since and by [F9], the denominator in is positive. By [F2], is continuous and Borel measurable; [A1] and [F1] make it Lebesgue measurable. It is nonnegative, so [F3] defines the measure .
For each integer , is continuous on , so [F4] permits evaluation of its Lebesgue integral by the Riemann integral. By [F5] and the evenness of , ; the last equality follows from [F7].
The sequence is increasing and bounded above by by [F6]. For any , put and . By [F10], all sufficiently large natural satisfy , so strict increase and the inverse identity in [F6] give . This is the epsilon definition of .
The interval is Borel and hence Lebesgue measurable by [F1]; [F11] makes measurable. These nonnegative functions increase pointwise to . By [F8], step 1.2, and step 1.3, . Thus is a probability measure by [F9].
Depends on
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
- Lebesgue measurable sets, the family $\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{R}^n)$, and the restricted set function $\lambda_n$
- Assuming countable choice, $\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ is a sigma-algebra containing every elementary set and $\lambda_n$ is a complete measure extending elementary volume
- Continuous functions on Euclidean spaces are Borel measurable
- Assuming countable choice, every Borel subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is Lebesgue measurable
- Sums, scalar multiples, products, absolute values, maxima, minima and quotients with nonvanishing denominator of continuous functions are continuous, as are constants, the identity and every polynomial function
- The measure with density $f$ relative to $\mu$
- A continuous function on $[a,b]$ is Riemann integrable, by Heine-Cantor and Riemann's criterion
- A bounded Riemann integrable function on a closed bounded interval is Lebesgue measurable and has the same integral
- Principal arctangent: derivative, integral, power series, and the Gregory–Leibniz series
- The principal inverse tangent $\arctan:\mathbb R\to(-\pi/2,\pi/2)$
- Pythagorean and parity identities for all six trigonometric functions on their natural domains
- Monotone convergence for the integral
- Probability measures and probability spaces
- For $a<c<b$: $f$ is integrable on $[a,b]$ if and only if it is integrable on $[a,c]$ and on $[c,b]$, and then $\int_a^b f = \int_a^c f + \int_c^b f$; with the oriented form for arbitrary $a,b,c$
- Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine
- The real numbers
- The Cauchy-sequence reals have the least-upper-bound property
- Every complete ordered field is Archimedean
- Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral
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Sources
- Aki Vehtari et al., Rank-normalization, folding, and localization, §5.1 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Art B. Owen, Monte Carlo Theory, Methods and Examples, Chapter 11, §11.11 (standard reference, not scraped)