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If $Y = \sum_{i=1}^N X_i^2 $, where $X_i \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)$, i.e. all $X_i$ are i.i.d gaussian random variables of same mean and variance, then what is the resultant PDF of $Y$? How the resultant PDF of $Y$ can be interms of Gamma distribution?
I know that, if the mean is zero, the result follows as given in Relationship between gamma and chi-squared distribution, but how it can be derived for the case if the mean is zero?
You can put this into the form of a non-central chi-squared distribution by scaling the random variables to get unit variance. Since $X_i / \sigma \sim \text{IID N}(\mu / \sigma, 1)$ you have: $$\frac{Y}{\sigma} = \sum_{i=1}^N \frac{X_i}{\sigma} \sim \text{Noncentral Chi-Sq} \Big( DF = N, \lambda = \frac{N \mu^2}{\sigma^2} \Big). $$ There is no simple form for the PDF of the non-central chi-squared distribution. It can be written as the product of a gamma density and a confluent hypergeometric limiting function. Using this form, and adjusting for the scaling transform you get the density expression: $$f_Y(y) = \frac{1}{\sigma} \cdot \exp(-\tfrac{\lambda}{2}) \cdot {}_0 F_1 (; \tfrac{N}{2} ; \tfrac{\lambda}{2} \cdot \tfrac{y}{2}) \cdot \underbrace{\frac{2^{-N/2}}{\Gamma(\tfrac{N}{2})} y^{N/2-1} \exp(-\tfrac{y}{2}) }_{\text{Gamma Density}} \quad \quad \text{for }y \geqslant 0 $$
