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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 substitute and so
We now calculate moment generating function of .
Probability mass function of standard normal distribution is given by
We substitute
Since, are independent.
By the uniqueness theorem of moment generating function, we can conclude that these two distribution are same an hence