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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/chapters/5/sections/normal/index.tex
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\section{Normal}

\subsection{problem 21}
\input{problems/21}
\subsection{problem 26}
\input{problems/26}
\subsection{problem 35}
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a. Let's begin calculating the second derivative of the standard Normal PDF

$$
\Phi(z) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \, e^{-z^2/2}
$$

$$
\Phi^{'}(z) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-z^2/2} \frac{(-2z)}{2} = -\frac{z}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \, e^{-z^2/2}
$$

\begin{equation*}
\begin{split}
\Phi^{''}(z)
&= -\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \left[ e^{-z^2/2} + z e^{-z^2/2} \frac{(-2z)}{2} \right] \\
&= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-z^2/2} (z^2 - 1)
\end{split}
\end{equation*}

The second derivative of the PDF is zero at the points of inflection $z_{\mathrm{inflec}}$ .

$$
\Phi^{''}(z_{\mathrm{inflec}}) = 0
$$

$$
z_{\mathrm{inflec}}^2-1 = 0
$$

$$
z_{\mathrm{inflec}} = \pm 1
$$

The points of inflection of the standard Normal PDF are at $-1$ and $+1$.\\

b. Let $Z \sim \mathcal{N}(0,1)$ and $X \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)$.

We can relate $X$ to $Z$ by the location-scale transformation

$$
X = \mu + \sigma Z
$$

Substituting $Z = \pm 1$ into the above relation, we have that the points of inflection of the $\mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)$ PDF are at $(\mu-\sigma)$ and $(\mu+\sigma)$.