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=Example. Addition of two independent Gaussian random variables=
 
=Example. Addition of two independent Gaussian random variables=
  
<math>\mathbf{X}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{N}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{Y}=\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}.</math>  
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<math class="inline">\mathbf{X}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{N}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{Y}=\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}.</math>  
  
 
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Correlation coefficient between <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  and <math>\mathbf{Y}</math> .
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Correlation coefficient between <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  and <math class="inline">\mathbf{Y}</math> .
  
<math>\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+2r_{\mathbf{XN}}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}</math>  
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<math class="inline">\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+2r_{\mathbf{XN}}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}</math>  
  
because <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  and <math>\mathbf{N}</math>  are independnet <math>\Longrightarrow</math> uncorrelated <math>\Longrightarrow r_{\mathbf{XN}}=0</math> .
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because <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  and <math class="inline">\mathbf{N}</math>  are independnet <math class="inline">\Longrightarrow</math> uncorrelated <math class="inline">\Longrightarrow r_{\mathbf{XN}}=0</math> .
  
<math>r_{\mathbf{XY}}=\frac{\text{cov}(\mathbf{X},\mathbf{Y})}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{XY}\right]-E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{Y}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}\left(\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}\right)\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}^{2}\right]+E\left[\mathbf{XN}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}</math><math>=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{N}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\qquad\because E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]=0.</math>  
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<math class="inline">r_{\mathbf{XY}}=\frac{\text{cov}(\mathbf{X},\mathbf{Y})}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{XY}\right]-E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{Y}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}\left(\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}\right)\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}^{2}\right]+E\left[\mathbf{XN}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}</math><math class="inline">=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{N}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\qquad\because E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]=0.</math>  
  
 
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(b)
  
Conditional pmf of <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  conditioned on the event <math>\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  .
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Conditional pmf of <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  conditioned on the event <math class="inline">\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  .
  
<math>f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{f_{\mathbf{XY}}\left(x,y\right)}{f_{\mathbf{Y}}(y)}=\frac{\frac{1}{2\pi\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} }{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{Y}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-y^{2}}{2\sigma_{Y}^{2}}\right\} }</math><math>=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}-\frac{\left(1-r^{2}\right)y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math>=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math>=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left[x^{2}-\frac{2r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}xy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math>=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left(x-\frac{r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}y}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}\right)^{2}\right\}</math>  
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<math class="inline">f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{f_{\mathbf{XY}}\left(x,y\right)}{f_{\mathbf{Y}}(y)}=\frac{\frac{1}{2\pi\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} }{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{Y}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-y^{2}}{2\sigma_{Y}^{2}}\right\} }</math><math class="inline">=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}-\frac{\left(1-r^{2}\right)y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math class="inline">=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math class="inline">=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left[x^{2}-\frac{2r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}xy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\}</math> <math class="inline">=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left(x-\frac{r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}y}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}\right)^{2}\right\}</math>  
  
Noting that <math>\sqrt{1-r^{2}}=\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-\left(\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{1-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}=\sqrt{\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}-\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}</math>  and  
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Noting that <math class="inline">\sqrt{1-r^{2}}=\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-\left(\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{1-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}=\sqrt{\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}-\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}</math>  and  
  
<math>r\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{\sigma_{X}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}.</math> <math>\therefore f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\mathbf{\sigma}_{\mathbf{N}}^{\mathbf{2}}}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\left(x-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y\right)^{2}\right\}</math>   
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<math class="inline">r\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{\sigma_{X}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}.</math> <math class="inline">\therefore f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\mathbf{\sigma}_{\mathbf{N}}^{\mathbf{2}}}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\left(x-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y\right)^{2}\right\}</math>   
  
 
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What kind of pdf is the pdf you determined in part (b)? What is the mean and variance of a random variable with this pdf?
 
What kind of pdf is the pdf you determined in part (b)? What is the mean and variance of a random variable with this pdf?
  
This is a Gaussian pdf with mean <math>\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  and variance <math>\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}</math> .
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This is a Gaussian pdf with mean <math class="inline">\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  and variance <math class="inline">\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}</math> .
  
 
(d)
 
(d)
  
What is the minimum mean-square estimate of <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  given that <math>\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  ?
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What is the minimum mean-square estimate of <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  given that <math class="inline">\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  ?
  
The minimum mean-square error estimate of <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  given <math>\mathbf{Y}=y</math>  is
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The minimum mean-square error estimate of <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  given <math class="inline">\mathbf{Y}=y</math>  is
  
<math>\hat{x}_{MMS}(y)=E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}x\cdot f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)dx=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  from part (b).
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<math class="inline">\hat{x}_{MMS}(y)=E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}x\cdot f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)dx=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  from part (b).
  
 
(e)
 
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What is the maximum a posteriori estimate of <math>\mathbf{X}</math>  given that <math>\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  ?
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What is the maximum a posteriori estimate of <math class="inline">\mathbf{X}</math>  given that <math class="inline">\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\}</math>  ?
  
<math>\hat{x}_{MAP}(y)=\arg\max_{x\in\mathbf{R}}\left\{ f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ Y=y\right\} \right)\right\} =\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  
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<math class="inline">\hat{x}_{MAP}(y)=\arg\max_{x\in\mathbf{R}}\left\{ f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ Y=y\right\} \right)\right\} =\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math>  
  
 
as a Gaussian pdf takes on its maximum value at its mean.
 
as a Gaussian pdf takes on its maximum value at its mean.
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Given that I observe <math>\mathbf{Y}=y</math> , what is <math>E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]</math> ?
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Given that I observe <math class="inline">\mathbf{Y}=y</math> , what is <math class="inline">E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]</math> ?
  
<math>E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math> from part (d).
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<math class="inline">E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y</math> from part (d).
  
 
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Example. Addition of two independent Gaussian random variables

$ \mathbf{X}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{N}\sim\mathcal{N}\left(0,\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}\right),\;\mathbf{Y}=\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}. $

(a)

Correlation coefficient between $ \mathbf{X} $ and $ \mathbf{Y} $ .

$ \sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+2r_{\mathbf{XN}}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}=\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}} $

because $ \mathbf{X} $ and $ \mathbf{N} $ are independnet $ \Longrightarrow $ uncorrelated $ \Longrightarrow r_{\mathbf{XN}}=0 $ .

$ r_{\mathbf{XY}}=\frac{\text{cov}(\mathbf{X},\mathbf{Y})}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{XY}\right]-E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{Y}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}\left(\mathbf{X}+\mathbf{N}\right)\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{E\left[\mathbf{X}^{2}\right]+E\left[\mathbf{XN}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}} $$ =\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]E\left[\mathbf{N}\right]}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\qquad\because E\left[\mathbf{X}\right]=0. $

(b)

Conditional pmf of $ \mathbf{X} $ conditioned on the event $ \left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} $ .

$ f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{f_{\mathbf{XY}}\left(x,y\right)}{f_{\mathbf{Y}}(y)}=\frac{\frac{1}{2\pi\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} }{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{Y}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-y^{2}}{2\sigma_{Y}^{2}}\right\} } $$ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}-\frac{\left(1-r^{2}\right)y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} $ $ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)}\left[\frac{x^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}-\frac{2rxy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} $ $ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left[x^{2}-\frac{2r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}xy}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}+\frac{r^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}y^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\right]\right\} $ $ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-r^{2}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\left(1-r^{2}\right)\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}\left(x-\frac{r\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}y}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}\right)^{2}\right\} $

Noting that $ \sqrt{1-r^{2}}=\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sqrt{1-\left(\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}\right)^{2}}=\sqrt{1-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}}=\sqrt{\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}-\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}} $ and

$ r\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}}=\frac{\sigma_{X}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}. $ $ \therefore f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\cdot\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\mathbf{\sigma}_{\mathbf{N}}^{\mathbf{2}}}}}\exp\left\{ \frac{-1}{2\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}}\left(x-\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y\right)^{2}\right\} $

(c)

What kind of pdf is the pdf you determined in part (b)? What is the mean and variance of a random variable with this pdf?

This is a Gaussian pdf with mean $ \frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}\cdot y $ and variance $ \frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{N}}^{2}} $ .

(d)

What is the minimum mean-square estimate of $ \mathbf{X} $ given that $ \left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} $  ?

The minimum mean-square error estimate of $ \mathbf{X} $ given $ \mathbf{Y}=y $ is

$ \hat{x}_{MMS}(y)=E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}x\cdot f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right)dx=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y $ from part (b).

(e)

What is the maximum a posteriori estimate of $ \mathbf{X} $ given that $ \left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} $  ?

$ \hat{x}_{MAP}(y)=\arg\max_{x\in\mathbf{R}}\left\{ f_{\mathbf{X}}\left(x|\left\{ Y=y\right\} \right)\right\} =\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y $

as a Gaussian pdf takes on its maximum value at its mean.

(f)

Given that I observe $ \mathbf{Y}=y $ , what is $ E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right] $ ?

$ E\left[\mathbf{X}|\left\{ \mathbf{Y}=y\right\} \right]=\frac{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}}{\sigma_{\mathbf{X}}^{2}+\sigma_{\mathbf{Y}}^{2}}\cdot y $ from part (d).


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