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Joint of min and max

Let \(X_1,…,X_n \stackrel{iid}{\sim} \mbox{Exp}(\lambda) \)

Let \(V = \mbox{min}(X_1,…,X_n)\) and  \(W = \mbox{max}(X_1,…,X_n)\).

What is the joint distribution of \(V,W\). Are they independent ?

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