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1. DISTRIBUTION THEORY<br />
which is the MGF <strong>of</strong> X 1 ∼ N r1 (µ 1 , Σ 11 ).<br />
Similarly for X 2 . This means that all marginal distributions <strong>of</strong> a multivariate normal<br />
distribution are multivariate normal themselves. Note though, that in general<br />
the opposite implication is not true: there are examples <strong>of</strong> non-normal multivariate<br />
distributions who marginal distributions are normal.<br />
1.10.2 Independence and normality<br />
We have seen previously that X, Y independent ⇒ Cov(X, Y ) = 0, but not vice-versa.<br />
An exception is when the data are (jointly) normally distributed.<br />
In particular, if (X, Y ) have the bivariate normal distribution, then Cov(X, Y ) = 0 ⇐⇒<br />
X, Y are independent.<br />
Theorem. 1.10.6<br />
Suppose X 1 , X 2 , . . . , X r have a multivariate normal distribution. Then X 1 , X 2 , . . . , X r<br />
are independent if and only if Cov(X i , X j ) = 0 for all i ≠ j.<br />
Pro<strong>of</strong>.<br />
(=⇒)X 1 , . . . , X r<br />
independent<br />
=⇒ Cov(X i , X j ) = 0 for i ≠ j, has already been proved.<br />
(⇐=)<br />
Suppose Cov(X i , X j ) = 0 for i ≠ j<br />
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