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Let Z1, Z2, . . . , Zn be independent and identically distributed as standard normal random variables. Prove the distribution of ni=1 Zi2 ∼ χ2n.
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The probability density function of
distribution is as follows,
Moment generating function of
distribution is as follows.
We now calculate moment generating function of
.
Probability mass function of standard normal distribution is given by
By the uniqueness theorem of moment generating function, we can conclude that these two distribution are same an hence