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Is this true?

Every random variable has a moment generating function

No — it is false.

The counterexample

The standard Cauchy distribution

E[ for every t ≠ 0; even E|X| is infinite. Its characteristic function exists.

The kind of mistake this is

Moments and tails

A moment assumed to exist, or tail behaviour assumed to be tame.

Drill statements like this

Others that fail the same way

From ProbabilityRandom variables, distributions, moments, MGF

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