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The Gaussian Integral Is Finite and Positive, and the First Two Gaussian Moments

The function exp(-x^2/2) is Lebesgue integrable on the real line with positive integral cGc_G, and x exp(-x^2/2) and x2x^2 exp(-x^2/2) are integrable with integrals 0 and cGc_G.

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In the settings of Measurable Functions and the Lebesgue Integral: Notation and The Real Line: Standing Notation and Background for Calculus on Intervals, let λ\lambda be Lebesgue measure on R\mathbb{R} and exp⁡\exp the exponential function, and let g0,g1,g2:R→Rg_{0},g_{1},g_{2}:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} be the functions

g0(x)=exp⁡(−x2/2),g1(x)=xexp⁡(−x2/2),g2(x)=x2exp⁡(−x2/2).g_{0}(x)=\exp(-x^{2}/2),\qquad g_{1}(x)=x\exp(-x^{2}/2),\qquad g_{2}(x)=x^{2}\exp(-x^{2}/2).

Let cG∈[0,∞]c_{\mathrm{G}}\in[0,\infty] be the integral of g0∈M+(R,B(R))g_{0}\in\mathcal{M}^{+}(\mathbb{R},\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R})) (g0g_{0} is continuous and positive, Basic Properties of the Exponential Function (viii), Measurable Maps: Generators, Composition, Continuous Maps, Restrictions, and Criteria for Real- and [0,∞]-Valued Maps (iv), Measurable Maps: Generators, Composition, Continuous Maps, Restrictions, and Criteria for Real- and [0,∞]-Valued Maps (vii)):

cG=∫Rexp⁡(−x2/2) dλ(x).c_{\mathrm{G}}=\int_{\mathbb{R}}\exp(-x^{2}/2)\,d\lambda(x).

The Gaussian integral is finite and positive. g0∈L1(λ)g_{0}\in\mathcal{L}^{1}(\lambda) and 0<cG<∞0<c_{\mathrm{G}}<\infty.

First and second moments. g1,g2∈L1(λ)g_{1},g_{2}\in\mathcal{L}^{1}(\lambda), and

∫Rxexp⁡(−x2/2) dλ(x)=0,∫Rx2exp⁡(−x2/2) dλ(x)=cG.\int_{\mathbb{R}}x\exp(-x^{2}/2)\,d\lambda(x)=0,\qquad\int_{\mathbb{R}}x^{2}\exp(-x^{2}/2)\,d\lambda(x)=c_{\mathrm{G}}.

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