- Let X,Y be independent geometric random variables, where both are having same parameter ($p$).
- Let $Z = max(X, Y)$.
- I would like to find $P(Z = i)$ for some real values of $i$.
- As we know for $K = min(X, Y)$, $K$ is geometric distributed with parameter $(2p−p^2)$ Does $Z$ also geometric distributed $?$.
Some steps I have done: $$P(Z\le i) = P(X \le i) P(Y \le i) = (1-(1-p)^m)(1-(1-p)^m)$$ $$P(Z =i) = P(Z \le i) - P(Z \le i - 1)$$ I am not able to write $P(Z =i)$ in the form of $q(1-q)^{k-1}$.