variance of the square of a distribution

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From: Lynn Soffer
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1985 00:28

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Given random variable x which is always positive, with 
variance v(x), is there a neat way to express the variance
of x-squared?
			Andrew Kramer
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Subject: variance of the square of a distribution
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