Questions tagged [asymptotics]
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Product of independent random variables and tail deconvolution
Suppose $X, Y$ are two independent non-negative random variables. The conditions
(i) $\mathbb{P}(X > t) = \frac{C}{t^p} + o(t^{-p})$
(ii) $\mathbb{P}(Y > t) = o(t^{-q})$ for any $q > ...
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Differentiating an integral that grows like log asymptotically
Suppose I have a continuous function $f(x)$ that is non-increasing and always stays between $0$ and $1$, and it is known that
$$ \int_0^t f(x) dx = \log t + o(\log t), \qquad t \to \infty.$$
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Rate of convergence for difference between conditional and marginal probability
Suppose $X\sim \text{Bin}(2n,p)$ and $X_1,X_2\sim\text{Bin}(n,p)$ are independent, with $X_1+X_2=X$. I'm interested in the rate of convergence for the absolute difference
$$
\left\vert P(X>c|X_1\...
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Are cyclic codes bounded by a continuous function?
In coding theory, we know that if you take the function
\begin{equation}
\alpha_q(\delta) := \limsup_{n \rightarrow \infty} \ \max \{ R(C) \mid \delta(C) \ge \delta \mid C \subseteq \mathbb{F}_q^...
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Is there any solution that currently exists for the graph automorphism problem in the general case?
I was reading the Wikipedia pages on the graph automorphism, but I could not find any solution to the problem (Not even a brute force one). So, is it indeed true that no solutions exist for the ...
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How did they come up with the MRRW bound?
Among the good asymptotic bounds in coding theory in the MRRW bound. It is obtained by using the linear programming problem of Delsarte's and providing a solution. The LP problem is
Suppose $C \...
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Has this self-similar sequence the ratio $(\sqrt2+1)^2$?
This is inspired by a math.SE question, where an infinite sequence of pairwise distinct natural numbers $a_1=1, a_2, a_3, ...$ has been defined as follows:
$a_n$ is the smallest number such that $s_n:=...
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a Kernel free asymptotic for a sampling operator
Let $\Pi=\left\{ t_{k}\right\} _{k\in\mathbb{Z}}$ a sequence of real numbers such that $-\infty<t_{k}<t_{k+1}<+\infty$ for every $k\in\mathbb{Z}$, $\lim_{k\rightarrow\pm\infty}t_{k}=\pm\infty$...
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Friedlander-Iwaniec Flipping moduli
I am reading section 12 (Flipping Moduli) of the paper "The polynomial $X^2+Y^4$ captures its primes" by Friedlander and Iwaniec.
At page 997, just below equation (12.7) we start estimating the ...
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Steepest descent integration in several dimensions
The method of steepest descent provides an asymptotic approximation for integrals of the form:
$$I = \int_C \exp(M f(z))\mathrm dz$$
for large positive $M$, where $f(z)$ is analytic in the region of ...
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Asymptotic upper bound for partial binomial-like sum
I want to upper bound the quantity $$\sum_{i\le \alpha n} \binom{n}{i}\lambda^i$$, where ${\lambda>1}$, $0<\alpha<1$. It is not the same as partial sum of binomial coefficients. An asymptotic ...
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Non-asymptotic tail bounds for $D_{\text{Hellinger}}(P\|\hat{P}_N)$
Let P be a distribution on a finite set of size $k$ and let $\hat{P}_N=(N_1/N,\ldots,N_k/N)$ be the empirical distribution (frequencies) from a samples of size $N$. Consider the Hellinger distance ...
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Deriving condition to get correct asymptotic bound
Suppose that $X\sim \text{Bin}(n,\theta)$. Note that $X$ is the sum of $n$ $iid$ Bernoulli($\theta$) random variables. By the local limit theorem (Theorem 7 here) for the sum of discrete random ...
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Generalization of regularly varying functions
A continuous function $L :\mathbb{R}_+ \to \mathbb{R}_+$ is called regularly varying (at infinity) if for all $a > 0$,
$$
\lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{L(ax)}{L(x)}= g(a)
$$
for some function $g(a)&...
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Asymptotics for the first zero of the Bessel functions
Let $J_\nu$ be the standard Bessel function of the first kind and let $x_\nu$ be its smallest zero. Is there a simple reference or result for the asymptotic expansion of $x_\nu$ when $\nu$ goes to $+\...
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Asymptotic Expansion of Bessel Function Integral
I have an integral:
$$I(y) = \int_0^\infty \frac{xJ_1(yx)^2}{\sinh(x)^2}\ dx $$
and would like to asymptotically expand it as a series in $1/y$. Does anyone know how to do this? By numerically ...
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Asymptotic expansion of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{t}}$ and $e^{-\mathcal{D}t}$ of Dirac operator
For a closed Riemannian manifold $M$ of $n$-dimension, we consider the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta$.
It is known that we have an asymptotic expansion for the trace of heat operator $e^{-\Delta{...
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Bounds for the size of arrays with distinct subarray sums
Consider an array $A$ of length $n$ with $A_i \in \{1,\dots,s\}$ for some $s\geq 1$. For example take $s = 6$, $n = 5$ and $A = (2, 5, 6, 3, 1)$. Let us define $g(A)$ as the collection of sums of all ...
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Interesting behaviour of binomial coefficients
Let $\binom{n}{k}:=\frac{\Gamma(n+1)}{\Gamma(k+1)\Gamma(1-k+n)}$ be the generalized binomial coefficient then I noticed by playing around with Mathematica that the function $f:[0,n/2] \rightarrow \...
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On approximation of $\sum_{a,b=1}^n\gcd(a,b)$
Denote $g(n)=\sum_{a,b=1}^n\gcd(a,b)$, can we prove that
$$g(n)=\frac6{\pi^2}n^2\ln n+Cn^2+O(n\ln n)$$, where $C=-\frac12+\frac{6}{\pi^2}(-\frac12+\gamma-\ln(2\pi)+12\ln A),$ where $\gamma$ denotes ...
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Asymptotic distribution of $n\mathbb E_{\hat{P}_n}[g(Z;\theta)]^T\operatorname{Cov}_{\hat{P}_n}[g(Z;\theta)]^{-1}\mathbb E_{\hat{P}_n}[g(Z;\theta)]$
Setup
This question is a followup on this question. I'm interested in the asymptotic distribution of certain quadratic forms.
So, let $Z$ be a $p$-dimensional random vector with (unknown) ...
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Cardinality of growth rates
$Let f=o(g)$ stand for $\lim_{x\to\infty} f(x)/g(x)=0$.
It is simple to prove the following fact.
Proposition. Let $f_0,f_1:\mathbb{R}\to(0,\infty)$ be such that $f_0=o(f_1)$. Then there is a family ...
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Asymptotics for sum involving Euler numbers
This first request may be easy, but the asymptotics for the next step has me scratching my head.
Through an informal inductive argument I have been able to show
$$ (1) \quad \sum_{j=0}^{n-1}2^{2m(n-j)...
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Asymptotic behavior of a certain trigonometric partial sum
Let $a<0$ and $b>0$ be real numbers such that $a<-2b$. Let $n>1$ be a positive integer and consider the following partial sum:
$$
f(n) = \frac{1}{(n+1)^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\sum_{j=1}^{n} (-1)^{...
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Asymptotic distribution of $\mathbb E_{\hat{P}_n}[Z]^T\operatorname{Cov}_{\hat{P}_n}[Z]^{-1}\mathbb E_{\hat{P}_n}[Z]$
Under very general conditions on the random $p$-dimensional vector $Z$, what can be said about the asymptotic distribution of the (random) scalar quantity $R_n := \mathbb E_{\hat{P}_n}[Z]^T\...
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Positive density of certain arithmetic sequence
Let $\{a_i\}_{i=0}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of positive real numbers bounded above by some uniform constant. For each $k,n\geq 1$ let
$$
A^{(k)}_n:=\prod_{i=k}^{n+k-1}a_i
$$
and suppose that there ...
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Asymptotic behavior of sum linked with Lagrange interpolation
I already asked this a few weeks ago with no answer, so let me formulate differently.
In performing Lagrange interpolation with nodes 1/n, one encounters the sum
$$S(f)=\dfrac{1}{N!}\sum_{n=0}^N(-1)^{...
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Ratio of solutions to two heat equations
Let $u(x,t)$ and $v(x,t)$ respectively solve the two one-dimensional heat equations with different (real) diffusion coefficients on the same domain $D$ and the same initial & boundary conditions, ...
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Convergence of the asymptotic expansion solution of homogeneous linear ODE of order 2
Consider ODE $w''+pw'+qw=0$, $p$ and $q$ are functions of $z$. Denote $w_1$ and $w_2$ the ODE's two linear independent solutions. As $z\to0$, in which situation:
Do both $w_1$ and $w_2$'s ...
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Finding an asymptotic solution for a first order ODE
Given strictly concave function $f(t)$ that satisfies $f'(t)>0$, $f'(t)=o(1)$ (i.e. $\lim\limits_{t\to\infty}f'(t)=0$) , and $f'(t)=\omega\left(t^{-1}\right)$ (i.e. $\lim\limits_{t\to\infty}tf'(t)=\...
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Upper bound of the fraction of gamma functions
Is there a simple upper bound of the following fraction of gamma functions for any $a,b\geq1/2$:
$$\left(\frac{\Gamma(a+b)}{a\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)}\right)^{1/a}$$
An upper bound in the following form is ...
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$X$-rays of permutations
Consider the set of permutations $\mathfrak{S}_n$, on $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$, and identify each element $\pi\in\mathfrak{S}_n$ with the corresponding permutation matrix.
There has been some study (e.g. ...
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Right tail decay of F distribution [closed]
Suppose $X\sim F(a,b)$. Is there any sharp upper bound of the following probability with large $x$?
$$\mathbb{P}(X\geq x)$$
what is the order of the above probability as $x\to+\infty$?
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Asymptotic eigenvalue distribution of sum of two i.i.d random matrices with Marchenko Pastur distributed eigenvalues?
Is there a method using random matrix theory and NOT using free probability to determine the asymptotic eigenvalue distribution of the random matrix $\mathbf{M}=\mathbf{X}_1+ \mathbf{X}_2$? where:
$\...
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What is the sum of the binomial coefficients ${n\choose p}$ over prime numbers?
What is known about the asymptotics, lower and upper bound of the sum of the binomial coefficients
$$
S_n = {n\choose 2} + {n\choose 3} + {n\choose 5} + \cdots + {n\choose p}
$$
where the sum runs ...
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Tail probability of random projection
Suppose $v\in R^n$ is a constant unit vector. $P_l$ is a random projection matrix to an $l$ dimensional subspace of $R^n$ which is uniformly sampled from $G(l,R^n)$ which is the collection of all $l$-...
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How many hyper-rectangle-like objects are intersecting a hyperplane?
Let $A\in \mathbb R^{n\times n},\ b\in \mathbb R^n$ such that $\forall x\in \{-1,1\}^n : Ax\ne b$.
Let us denote: $S=\{x\in\mathbb R^n|Ax=b\}$ ('S' for solution set).
Is $\ \#\Big\{H\in\big\{ \{-1\},...
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Left tail of convex combinations of $\chi_1^2$
Suppose $a_1,...,a_n\geq0, \sum_{i=1}^na_i=1$ and $Z_1,...,Z_n$ are i.i.d. standard normal, what is a sharp upper bound of the following probability as $\delta\to0$ and what is the order?
$$\mathbb{P}(...
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Multi-parameter stationary phase asymptotic expansion
I am looking for an asymptotic expansion of the oscillatory integral of the form
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}f(x)\exp(i(\lambda_1\phi_1(x)+\dots+\lambda_k\phi_k(x))dx,$$
as $\lambda_i\to \infty$ ...
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What is the order of the left tail of a mixture of non-central chi-square?
Let $\mu\sim N(0,1)$, $Z\sim N(\mu,1)$. Then $Z$ can be viewed as a mixture of Gaussians. It can also be viewed as a Gaussian but there is a prior for the mean.
Let $X\sim\exp(\lambda)$ where the ...
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Asymptotic solution for a first order ODE
Simplified question*:
Given $f(t)$ that satisfies $f'(t)>0$, $f'(t)=\omega\left(t^{-1}\right)$, $\log\left(f'(t)\right)=o\left(f(t)\right)$ we denote $F=\exp\left(f\left(t\right)\right)$. Let $H(...
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Arithmetic properties of a sum related to the first Hardy-Littlewood conjecture
The starting point of this post is an earlier question, where I conjectured (and GH from MO confirmed) that the von Mangoldt function is the limit at $s=1$ of a certain Dirichlet series,
$$\Lambda(m)=\...
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Approximation a sum involving log and binomial coefficient
I am wondering about the asymptotic approximation of the following expression:
$$S=\sum^{N}_{i=0}\log\Bigg[\binom{\binom{N+1}{i}}{t_i}\Bigg]$$
where
$$t_i=\binom{N}{i}-\binom{N-k}{i-k}+\binom{N-k}{i-...
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Concerning some Tauberian-type asymptotics of Laplace transform involving $e^{-\sqrt{s}}$
There are some well-known Tauberian theorems concerning the asymptotics of the original function (say as $t$ tends to $0$) and that of its Laplace transform (as $s$ tends to infinity). I want to ask a ...
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How many points are still contained in a common (hyper-)ellipsoid?
It is known that
$${d+2\choose 2}-1$$
points uniquely determine a quadric in $\Bbb R^d$. However, I want my points not on an arbitrary quadric, but on a centered hyperellipsoid in $\Bbb R^d$, or ...
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How to estimate a summation?
For $v, w \in \{0,1\}^n$, denote $v w = (v_1 w_1, \ldots, v_n w_n)$ and $|v|=\sum_{i} v_i$.
Let $v_1, v_2 \in \{0,1\}^n$ and
\begin{align*}
f(x_1, x_2) = \sum_{d=0}^{|v_1 v_2|} \frac{1}{2^{|v_1|+|...
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How to compute the asymptotic of a summation which involves binomial coefficients?
Let $v_1,v_2 \in \{0,1\}^n$. Denote $v_1v_2=((v_1)_1 (v_2)_1, \ldots, (v_1)_n (v_2)_n)$ and $|v|=\sum v_{i}$.
\begin{align}
{\scriptsize
f(v_1, v_2) = \sum_{x_1=0}^{|v_1|} \sum_{x_2=0}^{|v_2|} \sum_{d=...
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Gradient blowup for the 1-dim heat equation near an irregular boundary point
I'm trying to estimate the rate of boundary gradient blow-up for the 1-dim heat equation near an irregular boundary point.
Let $b(t) := (1-t)^\alpha$, $\alpha < 1/2$. Let $u(t,x)$ solve the ...
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critical points relevant to the lowest order non-perturbative correction
I am interested in the Hyperasymptotics of multidimensional integrals of the form
$$\mathcal{I}(\lambda) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} dz_1 \wedge dz_2 \wedge \dotsi \wedge dz_n \, g(z_1,\dotsi,z_n) \, e^{\...
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Asymptotic forms of Legendre functions for large degree
Does anyone know where to find (or how to obtain) expressions for the Legendre functions for large degree, to second order? For example, to first order the expressions are
$$
P_n(\cosh(x)) ~
\...
