Sum of discrete non-uniform random variable and a Bernoulli is non-uniform

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Let $X$ be a non-uniform discrete random variable over $\{0,1,\dots,n\}$, and $Y$ be a Bernoulli random variable, not necessarily independent of $X$.

Is this information sufficient to conclude that $X + Y$ is non-uniform over $\{0,1,\dots,n+1\}$? If not, what would be a counter-example?

Edit: And what if $Y$ is independent of $X$?

Best Answer

Let $n=1$ and suppose $P(X=0)=1/3, P(X=1)=2/3$. Suppose $P(Y=0|X=0)=1$ and $P(Y=0|X=1)=1/2$. Then $X+Y$ is uniform on $\{0,1,2\}$.

Edit after comment: Let $X$ be uniformly distributed on the even numbers $\{0,2,4\}$ and let $Y$ be uniformly distributed on $\{0,1\}$, with $X$ and $Y$ independent. Note that $X$ is not uniformly distributed on $\{0,1,\dots, 4\}$, but that $X+Y$ is uniformly distributed on $\{0,1,2,3,4,5\}$.

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