Two Random Variables Are Independently Distributed If Their Joint Distribution

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Essay

Two random variables are independently distributed if their joint distribution is the product of their marginal distributions. It is intuitively easier to understand that two random variables are independently distributed if all conditional distributions of Y given X are equal. Derive one of the two conditions from the other.

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