Let $X \in \text{Random}(\mathbb{R}^{N \times 1})$ be a D5210: Random real column matrix such that
(i) | \begin{equation} \mathbb{E} |X|^2 < \infty \end{equation} |
Then
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E} |X - \mathbb{E} X|^2
= \mathbb{E} |X|^2 - |\mathbb{E} X|^2
\end{equation}