Question: Let X and Y be independent standard normal random variables. Let V = X 2 + Y 2 and W = tan1(Y/X). (a) Show that

Let X and Y be independent standard normal random variables. Let V = X2 + Y2 and W = tan−1(Y/X).

(a) Show that V and W are independent with V ∼ Exp(1/2) and W ∼ Unif(0, 2π). (x = √vcosw and y = √vsinw.)
(b) Show that this gives the following method for simulating a pair of standard normal random variables given a pair of independent uniforms. Let U1, U2 ∼ Unif(0, 1). Let

X = √−2lnU1 cos(2πU2), Y = √−2lnU1sin(2πU2).

(c) Implement this method and plot 1000 pairs of points.

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