Covariance of two independent zeta(2) variables
Question
Let and be independent, each with the distribution: for every positive integer , where is the normalising constant. What is ? Answer if it equals , if it equals , and if it is or undefined.
Short answer
. The mean is , so and have no finite expectation. The covariance then takes the form and is undefined. Independence alone does not give here, because covariance needs finite means.
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