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When can we do this? $$\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}\int_{a}^{b}f(x,\theta)dx=\int_{a}^{b}\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}f(x,\theta)......Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:18:23 -0400https://track.liberty.io/definition-of-conditional-expectation-of-y-given-x.htmlhttps://track.liberty.io/definition-of-conditional-expectation-of-y-given-x.htmlLet $(S,F,P)$ be probability space. Let $X,Y$ be continuous random variables from $S$ to $\mathbb{R}.$ Formal Definition of Conditional Expectation $E(Y|X)$ of $Y$ to X is $\sigma{(X)} - Borel$ ...Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:14:38 -0400https://track.liberty.io/are-there-any-good-discrete-mathematics-video-online.htmlhttps://track.liberty.io/are-there-any-good-discrete-mathematics-video-online.htmlI want to learn discrete mathematics by reading book by myself but I find sometime it's very hard to understand what author trying to say. I want to know, are there any good online video that teach ...Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:10:19 -0400