Solving a Challenging Issue Involving Random Variables

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Hello,

Suppose that we have two sets of random variables, which are arranged in an ascending order as:

\gamma_A^{(1)}\leq\gamma_A^{(2)}\leq\cdots\leq\gamma_A^{(m_A)}\leq\cdots\leq\gamma_A^{(M_A)}

and

\gamma_B^{(1)}\leq\gamma_B^{(2)}\leq\cdots\leq\gamma_B^{(m_B)}\leq\cdots\leq\gamma_B^{(M_B)}

where all random variables in the same set are independent and identically distributed random variables, which are characterized as central Chi-square with 2\,N_i degrees of freedom, i.e.:

f_{\gamma_i}(\gamma)=\frac{\gamma^{N_i-1}}{\overline{\gamma}_i^{N_i}(N_i-1)!}\text{e}^{-\gamma/\overline{\gamma_i}}

for i\in\{A,\,B\}. Now suupose that a new random variable is formed as following:

\gamma_{\text{eq}}=\frac{\gamma_A^{(m_A)}\,\gamma_B^{(m_B)}}{\gamma_A^{(m_A)}+\gamma_B^{(m_B)}+1}

What is the easiest way to find the moment generating function \mathcal{M}_{\gamma_{\text{eq}}}(s)= E_{\gamma_{\text{eq}}}\left[\text{e}^{s\,\gamma}\right]??
 
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S_David said:
where all random variables in the same set are independent and identically distributed random variables

Assuming you mean they are the order statistics of set of independent random variables - the Wikipedia article has some distribution formulas. From there the mgf could be expressed as a 2D integral.
 
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