expectation of maximum of iid random variables from normal distribution.

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1) How to find expectation of max of random variables , i.e : $\mathbb{E}[max(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)]$ where $x$ are IID random variables from $\mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)$.

  • I know that CDF is $F(x)^n$ and PDF is $nF(x)^{n-1}f(x)$. I have also seen simplifications for uniform and exponential distributions but not for Gaussian distribution.

2) In general, How to solve

$\int_{x=0}^{\infty} [nx F(x)^{n-1}f(x)] dx$