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Is a vector of normal random variables ever -not- multivariate normal [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to have a pair of Gaussian random variables for which the joint distribution is not Gaussian? In the Wikipedia entry on the multivariate normal distribution, it ...
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When are two normally distributed random variables jointly bivariate normal? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to have a pair of Gaussian random variables for which the joint distribution is not Gaussian? For our upcoming exam we had to calculate the joint density of two ...
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When are correlated Normal random variables multivariate Normal? [duplicate]

I know that there are many example of correlated normal random variables which are not jointly (multivariate) normal. However, are there conditions which state when correlated normal random variables ...
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Is it possible for $X$ and $Y$ to be marginally normally distributed and have $E[Y|X]$ be a nonlinear function of $X$? [duplicate]

Is this at all possible? What is the intuition for this?
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Deriving the Bivariate Normal Distribution from Normal Distributions [duplicate]

If $X \sim N(0,{a^2})$, $Y \sim N(0,{b^2})$ and $Corr(X,Y) = \rho$, then can we say that $(X,Y) \sim BVN(0,0,{a^2},{b^2};\rho )$? If this is true, then can someone please tell me how can I ...
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correlation coefficient bivariate normally distributed [duplicate]

Suppose that X,Y and X,Z are bivariate normally distributed. We have $E(X)=0, Var(X)=10$, $E(Y)=0, Var(Y)=6$ and $ρ_{xy}=0.87$ Moreover, $E(X)=0, Var(X)=10$, $E(Z)=0, Var(Z)=4$ and $ρ_{xz}=0.87$ ...
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vector of three RVs that are pairwise Gaussian is Gaussian [duplicate]

If $(X,Y)$, $(X,Z)$, and $(Y,Z)$ are all Gaussian, does it follow that $(X,Y,Z)$ is also Gaussian? I'm having trouble coming up with a counterexample...
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What do the joint distributions look like? [duplicate]

I know that if I know the marginal distributions, that's not enough to specify the joint distribution. But obviously it can't be "any" joint distribution, it still needs to respect its marginal ...
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variables that are normaly distributed but their joint distribution is not multivariate normal with ρ = 0.5 [duplicate]

can you give me an example or explain me how to find one. It can be with copulas
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symmetric marginal but asymmetric joint distribution contours [duplicate]

Let us say we have two continuous random variables, $X$ and $Y$ such that their pdfs $f(x)= f(-x)$ and $g(y)= g(-y)$ for all $x$ and $y$. In other words, $X$ and $Y$ have symmetric distributions ...
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Gaussian Distribution [duplicate]

Assume we have two continuous Normal RV "X" and "Y". how can I show the conditional PDF f(X|Y) and f(Y|X) is Normal?
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For some time now, I have been looking for a good introductory reading on Copulas for my seminar. I am finding lots of material that talk about theoretical aspects, which is good, but before I move ...
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What is the intuition behind the independence of $X_2-X_1$ and $X_1+X_2$, $X_i \sim N(0,1)$?

I was hoping someone could propose an argument explaining why the random variables $Y_1=X_2-X_1$ and $Y_2=X_1+X_2$, $X_i$ having the standard normal distribution, are statistically independent. The ...