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So my prof. has not replied to my e-mail, so I was wondering if someone here can help me understand why the MLE for a random variable X~Unif(-θ,θ) is max|Xi|. Attached is the problem as well as my attempt for the solution. Here is my thought process: Upon sketching the graph, I thought the...

I'm having some trouble internalizing the concept of span. The question: If u = [1,2,1]; v = [-2,2,4]; and w = [-1,4,5], describe Span{u,v,w}. The attempt at a solution: I formed a matrix using column vectors u, v, and w and row-reduced to RREF: \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -2 & -1 \\ 2 & 2 & 4 \\...

Your help/input is much appreciated! Thanks in advance! :smile: Object A is in the unit square 0<x<1, 0<y<1. Consider a random point distributed uniformly over the square; let Y=1 if the point lies inside A and Y=0 otherwise. How could A be estimated from a sequence of n individual points unif...