How to Find the PDF for a Uniform Distribution on a Disc?

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Homework Statement



[tex]\D = \{(x,y) \in \mathbb{R}^2 | x^2 + y^2 \leq 1\}[/tex] i.e. a disc or radius 1.
Write down the pdf f_{xy} for a uniform distribution on the disc.

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[tex]f_{xy} = \frac{(x^2 + y^2)}{\pi} \mbox{for} x^2 + y^2 \leq 1[/tex] 0 otherwise
as the area of the disc pi and to make it uniform you divide by pi so the probability integrates to 1
 
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Hmmm...

[tex]f_{xy} = \frac{(x^2 + y^2)}{\pi}[/tex]

Doesn't look very uniform to me:wink:
 
i think i got it: its [tex] f(x,y)_{xy} = \left\{ \begin{array}{rl}<br /> \frac{1}{\pi} &\mbox{for } x^2 + y^2 \leq 1\\<br /> 0 &\mbox{otherwise}[/tex]

thanks
 
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I am doing a some practice questions for stats and i tried to integrate this to get 1 but i can't so what are the appropriate limits and how would i go about finding the marginal distribution of x and y? Thanks