Suppose that $X$ is a random variable defined as such where $\Omega = (0,1]$
$$X(\omega)=
\begin{cases}
\frac{1}{3}&\, 0 < \omega \leq \frac{1}{3}\\
\omega &\, \frac{1}{3}\leq \omega\leq \frac{2}{3}\\
\omega^2&\, \frac{2}{3} < \omega\leq 1\\
\end{cases}$$
I am not sure how or if it is possible to assign a CDF (or PDF) to this Random Variable. It seem to me that this mapping is not unique? Do we assume that $\omega$ is uniform?
For $E(X)$ I calculated $$E(X)=\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{3}}\frac{1}{3}\space +\int_\frac{1}{3}^\frac{2}{3}x\space + \int_\frac{2}{3}^1x^2$$
Is this correct? Or even going down the right path? Thanks
Answer
First we have to check the continuity. As we can see X is not continuous at 2/3 so CDF of this does not exist. And for expectation you have to integrate Xf(X) not only f(X).
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