Can anybody help me in finding out the joint distribution of more than two dependent discrete random variables? What will be the joint distribution of more than two independent discrete random variables?
For the multivariate Normal distribution the argument of the exponential is expressible in matrix notation as:
XT.inverse of the (Var-Covariance matrix).X,1/2
where "." means multiplication, X is the column vector containing all the variables and XT is the transpose of X. If all the variables are independent the the matrix is diagonal and the argument of the exponential is simply a sum over the squared deviations from the mean divided by the respective variances...or as Glenn points out simply the product of the individual pdf's. Otherwise the cross terms in the matrix adjust for the inter dependence among the variables.
Sandipan, This is hard to say w/o a chalkboard. Check out Wikipedia's discussion of the multivariate normal distribution for clarity.
If all 3 are discrete and they are statistically dependent, there's no way I guess but to consider all possible combinations of possible values of X1, X2, X3. But you must have some kind of idea about the dependence if you can not assume that the outcomes are equally likely to happen.