Step 0 (identically distributed variables share moments). Let Z and W be identically distributed random variables with Z,Wβ₯0. With the dyadic functions Οmβ of Step 2 of the proof of Expectation of a Product of Independent Random Variables, Οmβ(Z)=βiβciβ1{ZβBiβ}β with Borel sets Biβ, so E[Οmβ(Z)]=βiβciβPZβ(Biβ) depends only on the distribution PZβ; by Monotone Convergence Theorem, E[Z]=supmβE[Οmβ(Z)] likewise. Applying this to positive and negative parts (whose distributions are determined by the original distribution, as their defining preimages are preimages of Borel sets under continuous maps, cf. Step 3 of the same proof) shows that identically distributed variables have equal expectations, and, applying it to squares, equal second moments and equal variances. In particular E[Xmβ]=ΞΌ and Var(Xmβ)=Var(X1β) for every m.