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giglamesh
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Hi everyone
I don't know if I can find someone here to help me understand this issue, but I'll try
the jensen inequality can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen%27s_inequality
I have the following discrete random variable [itex]X[/itex] with the following pmf:
x 0 1 2 3
pr(x) 0.110521 0.359341 0.389447 0.140691
and the summation is (1).
defining the function [itex]Y=\frac{1}{X}[/itex]
Then finding the [itex]\bar{X}=\sum_{i=0}^{3}{iPr(i)=1.560308}[/itex]
Now calculating [itex]E[Y]=E[\frac{1}{X}]=\sum_{i=1}^{3}{\frac{1}{i}Pr(i)}=0.6009615[/itex]
then:
[itex]Y(\bar{X})=\frac{1}{\bar{X}}=\frac{1}{1.560308}=0.640899105[/itex]
According to Jensen inequality what should happen:
[itex]E[\frac{1}{X}] \geq \frac{1}{E[X]}[/itex]
but what I got is the opposite case!
Now also I have to mention the function [itex]Y=\frac{1}{X}[/itex] is convex given that the second derivative is strictly larger than zero.
Do I misunderstand the Jensen inequality? or is there something wrong with the convixity assumption?
Any idea?
I don't know if I can find someone here to help me understand this issue, but I'll try
the jensen inequality can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen%27s_inequality
I have the following discrete random variable [itex]X[/itex] with the following pmf:
x 0 1 2 3
pr(x) 0.110521 0.359341 0.389447 0.140691
and the summation is (1).
defining the function [itex]Y=\frac{1}{X}[/itex]
Then finding the [itex]\bar{X}=\sum_{i=0}^{3}{iPr(i)=1.560308}[/itex]
Now calculating [itex]E[Y]=E[\frac{1}{X}]=\sum_{i=1}^{3}{\frac{1}{i}Pr(i)}=0.6009615[/itex]
then:
[itex]Y(\bar{X})=\frac{1}{\bar{X}}=\frac{1}{1.560308}=0.640899105[/itex]
According to Jensen inequality what should happen:
[itex]E[\frac{1}{X}] \geq \frac{1}{E[X]}[/itex]
but what I got is the opposite case!
Now also I have to mention the function [itex]Y=\frac{1}{X}[/itex] is convex given that the second derivative is strictly larger than zero.
Do I misunderstand the Jensen inequality? or is there something wrong with the convixity assumption?
Any idea?