I need a little help to understand the steps of this proof. (I'm currently studying double integrals) but also i don't understand the first equalities. Thank you in advance.
Let X be an absolutely continous variable with density function fx. Suppose that g is a nonnegative function then.
E(g(X))=∫∞0P(g(X))>y)dy−∫∞0P(g(X)⩽−y)dy
=∫∞0P(g(X))>y)dy=∫∞0(∫Bfx(x)dx)dy
where B:= {x:g(x)>y}. Therefore.
E(g(X))=∫∞0∫g0(x)fxdydx=∫∞0g(x)fx(x)dx.
Answer
The first equality can be skipped if you just use the tail sum formula for nonnegative random variables: E[Y]=∫∞0P(Y>y)dy if Y is continuous and nonnegative. Applying this to Y=g(X) immediately yields E[g(X)]=∫∞0P(g(X))>y)dy.
[The first equality is a generalization, and can be proven by writing Y=Y⋅1Y≥0−(−Y)⋅1Y<0 and applying the tail sum probability to each term both of which are nonnegative.]
The next part is simply the definition of B. P(g(X)>y)=∫BfX(x)dx
Finally, switch the order of the two integrals.
I think you forgot to mention that X is also nonnegative?
The region you are integrating over is {y≥0}∩{x≥0:g(x)>y}, which can be rewritten as {x≥0}∩{y:0≤y<g(x)}.
∫∞0∫BfX(x)dxdy=∫∞0∫g(x)0fX(x)dydx.
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