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N
i=1
e
it
Geometric(p) p(1 p)
x1
; p (0, 1)
1
p
1p
p
2
pe
t
1(1p)e
t
Note: Y = X 1 is negative binomial(1, p). The distribution is memoryless: P(X > s|X > t) = P(X > s t).
Hypergeometric(N, M, K)
(
M
x
)(
NM
Kx
)
(
N
K
)
; x = 1, . . . , K
KM
N
KM
N
(NM)(Nk)
N(N1)
?
M (N K) x M; N, M, K > 0
Negative Binomial(r, p) (
r+x1
x
)p
r
(1 p)
x
; p (0, 1)
r(1p)
p
r(1p)
p
2
_
p
1(1p)e
t
_
r
(
y1
r1
)p
r
(1 p)
yr
; Y = X +r
Poisson()
e
x
x!
; 0 e
(e
t
1)
Notes: If Y is gamma(, ), X is Poisson(
x
(+)
2
(++1)
1 +
k=1
_
k1
r=0
+r
++r
_
t
k
k!
Cauchy(, )
1
1
1+(
x
)
2
; > 0 does not exist does not exist does not exist
Notes: Special case of Studentss t with 1 degree of freedom. Also, if X, Y are iid N(0, 1),
X
Y
is Cauchy
2
p
1
(
p
2
)2
p
2
x
p
2
1
e
x
2
; x > 0, p N p 2p
_
1
12t
_
p
2
, t <
1
2
Notes: Gamma(
p
2
, 2).
Double Exponential(, )
1
2
e
|x|
; > 0 2
2 e
t
1(t)
2
Exponential()
1
; x 0, > 0
2 1
1t
, t <
1
is Weibull. Y =
_
2X
is Rayleigh. Y = log
X
is Gumbel.
F
1,2
(
1
+
2
2
)
(
1
2
)(
2
2
)
_
1
2
_
1
2
x
1
2
2
_
1+(
2
)x
_
1
+
2
2
; x > 0
2
22
,
2
> 2 2(
2
22
)
2 1+22
1(24)
,
2
> 4 EX
n
=
(
1
+2n
2
)(
2
2n
2
)
(
1
2
)(
2
2
)
_
2
1
_
n
, n <
2
2
Notes: F
1,2
=
2
1
/1
2
/2
, where the
2
s are independent. F
1,
= t
2
.
Gamma(, )
1
()
x
1
e
; x > 0, , > 0
2
_
1
1t
_
, t <
1
is Maxwell. Y =
1
X
is inverted gamma.
Logistic(, )
1
_
1+e
_
2
; > 0
2
2
3
e
t
(1 +t), |t| <
1
.
Lognormal(,
2
)
1
2
1
x
e
(log x)
2
2
2
; x > 0, > 0 e
+
2
2
e
2(+
2
)
e
2+
2
EX
n
= e
n+
n
2
2
2
Normal(,
2
)
1
2
e
(x)
2
2
2
; > 0
2
e
t+
2
t
2
2
Pareto(, )
x
+1
; x > , , > 0
1
, > 1
2
(1)
2
(2)
, > 2 does not exist
t
(
+1
2
)
(
2
)
1
1
(1+
x
2
)
+1
2
0, > 1
2
, > 2 EX
n
=
(
+1
2
)(
n
2
)
2
)
n
2
, n even
Notes: t
2
= F
1,
.
Uniform(a, b)
1
ba
, a x b
b+a
2
(ba)
2
12
e
bt
e
at
(ba)t
Notes: If a = 0, b = 1, this is special case of beta ( = = 1).
Weibull(, )
x
1
e
; x > 0, , > 0
1
(1 +
1
)
2
_
(1 +
2
)
2
(1 +
1
)
_
EX
n
=
n
(1 +
n
)
Notes: The mgf only exists for 1.
2