Practice Exam #1 Problem 1 (35 points) Clearing Impurities: p (x) = δ (x) + −x/a) ≤ x
Practice Exam #1 Problem 1 (35 points) Clearing Impurities: p (x) = δ (x) + −x/a) ≤ x
Physics Department
8.044 Statistical Physics I Spring Term 2003
Practice Exam #1
p(x)
1/3
0 a x
= 0 elsewhere
a) Find the cumulative function P (x). Make a sketch of the result which displays
all of its important features.
d) Give an approximate probability density for the total distance d the impurity
has moved along the wire after 36 sweeps of the laser beam.
p(A,B)
γ 2B2
p(A, B) = 6
exp[−B(A + γ)/α2 ] 0 ≤ A, B
α
= 0 elsewhere
b) Find the conditional probability density p(A |B). Sketch the result.
The statistically independent random variables x and y are each uniformly distributed
in the interval between 0 and 1. Find the probability density p(q) for the quotient
q ≡ x/y. Make a carefully labeled sketch of your result. [Note: if your answer does
not come out normalized, you have made a mistake.]
Integrals The next page contains a number of indefinite integrals. Some potentially
useful definite integrals are given below.
∞ −x √
e
√ dx = π
0 x
∞
(2πσ 2 )−1/2 x2n e−x
2 /2σ 2
dx = 1 · 3 · 5 · · · (2n − 1) σ n
−∞
∞
1
x e−x dx =
2
0 2
1
n!m!
xm (1 − x)n dx =
0 (m + n + 1)!
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