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Measure theory in nuclear spaces
Much of the literature on measure theory in linear spaces focuses on the case of normed linear spaces (e.g., the outstanding book by Vakhania, or its sequel). However, nuclear linear spaces "as far ...
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Counter-example to the completeness of the Wasserstein metric
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Let $(E,d)$ be a complete metric space, let $\P(E)$ be the set of all probability measures on $(E,\mathcal{B}(E))$. Let $W_d$ be the $1$-Wasserstein (Kantorovich) ...
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What is known about the Gaussian measure of the unit ball in a Hilbert Space?
Let $X$ be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert Space with norm $||\cdot||$ and let $\mu$ be a Gaussian measure on $X$ such that $\mu(X) = 1$. What do we know about $\mu(B(0,1))$, where $B(0,1)$ ...
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Closedness of a set of measures, where conditional marginals are in closed $\varepsilon$-ball w.r.t. Wasserstein distance
Let $(E,d)$ be a bounded polish space (separable, complete metric space satisfying $\sup_{x,y\in E} d(x,y) < \infty$). By $\mathcal{P}(E)$ we denote the space of Borel probability measures on $E$ ...
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For what nonnegative measures $\mu$ does $\mu*e^{-|\cdot|}\in L^{\infty}$?
I am trying to characterize all measures on $\mathbb{R}$ such that
$$
\sup_{x\in\mathbb{R}} \: (\mu*f)(x)<+\infty,
$$
where $f(x)$ is some specific integrable functions, such as $f(x)=e^{-|x|}$, ...
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Diffuse measure space as a product of $[0;1]$ and another diffuse measure space
The title speaks of itself. How far is an arbitrary finite diffuse measure space from being almost isomorphic to a product of $[0;1]$ with another diffuse measure space? What would be reasonable ...
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What is vague convergence and what does it accomplish?
For convenience, let's say that I have a locally compact Hausdorff space $X$ and am concerned with probability measures on its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}(X)$. Natural vector spaces to ...
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Infimum of equivalent measures
Suppose I have a functional of the form
$$
F(\mathbb{P})\triangleq \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} \int_{\Omega}f(x,\omega)\mathbb{P}(d\omega)m(dx),
$$
where $m$ is the Lebesgue measure and $\mathbb{P}$ is a ...
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What mode of convergence is this?
I'm interested in a new (to me) mode of convergence which is stronger than convergence in measure/probability. I want to know if it has a name and if it is used much in the literature. I will write ...
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Normalization of Gaussian w.r.t. Gaussian in a Banach space
I would like to compute
$$\int_X \exp\left(-\frac{1}{2}(Au)^2\right)\mathrm d\mu_0(u)$$
with a linear and continuous operator on a Banach space $A:X\to \mathbb R$ (in my case $X=C([0,1])$) and $\mu_0$ ...
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Decomposition of $L^2$-spaces and singular measures
If $\langle \Omega, \mathfrak{F}, \mathbb{P}\rangle$ is a measure space and $L^2$ is the corresponding $L^2$ space and
$$
K\oplus K^{\perp} \cong L^2(\mathfrak{F},\mathbb{P}).
$$
Then let:
$$
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Support of a Measure with Characteristic Functional Continuous in $L_p$, $1\leq p <2$?
Let $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of smooth and rapidly decaying functions and $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$ its dual, the space of tempered distributions. Let $\mathscr{P}$ be a probability ...
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Measurability of integrals with respect to different measures
Let $Y$ be a locally compact Hausdorff topological space (further assumptions like metrizability, separability, etc., may be added if necessary) and let $\mathscr Y$ denote the Borel $\sigma$-algebra ...
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Interchanging integrals and continuous linear forms in RKHS
I am reading Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces in probability and statistics by A Berlinet, C Thomas-Agnan.
In Chapter 5 INTEGRATION OF $\mathcal{H}$-VALUED RANDOM VARIABLES they write One of the ...
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If $H$ is a separable Hilbert space, is its dual dense in $L^2(H)$?
Let $H$ be an infinite-dimensional, separable Hilbert space, and let $\gamma$ be a Radon probability measure on $H$ with mean zero and covariance operator the identity $I$.
Let $H^*$ denote the space ...
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Reference for a strong intermediate value theorem for measures
Let $\mu$ be a finite nonatomic measure on a measurable space $(X,\Sigma)$, and for simplicity assume that $\mu(X) = 1$. There is a well-known "intermediate value theorem" of Sierpiński that states ...
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Can we recover a topological space from the collection of Borel probability measures living on it?
Let $(X, \tau)$ be a topological space, and $\mathcal{P}(X, \tau)$ be the Borel probability measures living on $X$. Can we recover $(X, \tau)$ from $\mathcal{P}(X, \tau)$?
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Question about uniform continuity under Skorokhod Metric
Let $D=D([0,1], \mathbb{R})$ be the space of cadlag functions $x$ with $x(0)=0$ and $x$ is continuous on $1$. If we endow $D$ with Skorokhod Metric, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0dl%C3%A0g ...
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Continuity of function mapping $\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(X))$ to $\mathcal{P}(X)$ [closed]
Given a topological space $Y$, let $\mathcal{P}(Y)$ be the set of all probability measures on $Y$, endowed with the weak* topology.
Let $X$ be a topological space (for convenience, it might be Polish ...
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A measure on the space of probability measures
This question was originaly posted in the stackexchange https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1226701/a-measure-on-the-space-of-probability-measures but since it only got a comment I decided to ...
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Generating the sigma algebras on the set of probability measures
I was wondering if somebody could help me see/provide a reference to the following fact: Let $X$ be a metrizable set, $\mathcal{F}$ the corresponding Borel sigma-algebra on $X$, and $\triangle\left(X,\...
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Is an infinite-dimensional "Lebesgue measure" uniquely determined by a set of positive finite measure?
Let $\mu$ be a probability measure on a subset $C \subset \mathbb{R}^\infty$ of the space of sequences, and assume, for simplicity, that $C$ is closed and convex.
We say that $\mu$ admits shifts if ...
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Defining density of a random function using Radon-Nikodym Theorem
Let $(\Omega,\mathbb{F},P)$ be a probability space and $E$ be an infinite dimensional Banach space and $\mathbb{B}$ be the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel subset of $E$.
Let $X$ be random function defined ...
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Reference request: density of $C_c^{\infty}(\mathbb R^d)$ in $L^2(\mathbb R^d,d\rho)$
My question is motivated by an optimal transportation approach to PDE's and gradient flows in metric spaces (see e.g Otto's geometry of dissipative evolution equations: the porous media equation and ...
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measure with given push-forwards
Let $X,Y$ be locally compact spaces (in my specific case, they are locally compact groups). Suppose that we are given a measure $\mu$ on $X$ and a finite number of quotient maps $p_1,\ldots,p_n:Y\...
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PDE-Based Triangle Inequality for Optimal Transportation
Suppose $\Omega$ is a suitably regular domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $\rho_0,\rho_1\in\textrm{Prob}(\Omega)$. Benamou and Brenier showed that the $L_2$ transportation distance between $\rho_0$ and $\...
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Conditional expectation with respect to random closed sets
Short question
If $X$ is a random closed set, and $Y$ is an integrable random variable, I would like a definition of the "conditional expectation" $$\mathbf{E}[Y \mid X\ni x].$$ Has this been worked ...
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Convergence of probability measure and the *-weak convergence ?
Given a Polish space $X$, I note $C_b(X)$ the set of the continuous bounded functions with the norm of the uniform convergence, and $(C_b(X))^\star$ its topological dual with the $*-$weak convergence $...
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Is the set of the absolutely continuous functions a Borel set of the space of the continuous functions?
Does anyone knows whether the set of the absolutely continous functions $F :[0,1]\to \mathbb{R}^d$ of the form $$F(t)= a + \int_0^tf(s) ds$$ where $f$ is an integrable function is a Borel set of the ...
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Absolute continuity of probabilities on Polish spaces and open sets. [closed]
On a polish space $\mathcal{X}$ i consider two Borel probabilities $P$ and $Q$ such that for any open set $E$ of $\mathcal{X}$ we have : $P(E) =0$ implies $Q(E)=0$. Does this imply that $Q$ is ...
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Cameron-Martin theorem for non-Gaussian measures
Let $X$ be a locally convex topological linear space, and $\mathbb P$ be a probability measure on $X$. Denote the mean vector $m \in X$ and covariance operator $k : X^* \to X$. Let $\tau_u : X \to X$ ...
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Density of linear functionals in $L^2$
Let $X$ be a locally convex topological linear space, and let $\mathbb P$ be a probability measure on $X$. Suppose that $\operatorname{var}(\varphi) < \infty$ for all continuous linear functionals $...
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equivalence of topologies defined on $M_1$(a subspace of bounded measures on $\mathbb{R}$)
Let $\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathcal{C}_b$ its subspace consisting of bounded elements. Define for $\phi(x):=1+|x|$,
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Probability measures on $L^p$
Let $(X,\mathcal X,\mu)$ be a fixed measure space, and suppose that $\mu$ is stationary and ergodic with respect to the (left) action of a topological group $G$. Stationarity means that $\mu = g_* \mu ...
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Conditional probabilities are measurable functions - when are they continuous?
Let $\Omega$ be a Banach space; for the sake of this post, we will take $\Omega = {\mathbb R}^2$, but I am more interested in the infinite dimensional setting. Take $\mathcal F$ to be the Borel $\...
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Prohorov's theorem for random elements of Hilbert space: weak convergence
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P)$ be a probability space and let $(E,\mathcal{E})$ be a separable Hilbert space ($E$) with Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{E}$. For concreteness let us set $E=L^{2}[a,b]$ ...
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Weak convergence in measure for negligible sets.
Let $X$ be a Polish space and $(P_n)$ a sequence of Borel probabilities which converges weakly in measure to a Borel probability $P$. By this i mean that for any $f\in C_b(X)$ which is continuous and ...
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Linear Maps between $L^1$-spaces of singular measures
I posted the following question also here, but thought that I can get more answers in MO.
Let $(\Omega,\Sigma)$ be a measurable space and $\nu_1$, $\nu_2$ two probability measures on it. For $i=1,2$, ...
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If two probability distributions have the same weak limit and one of them satisfies Large Deviation Principle, what can we say about the other?
If the probability distribution function of two sequences of random variables have the same weak limit and one of the sequences satisfies a Large deviation principle, then does it imply that the other ...
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Choice of predictable (or jointly measurable) eigenvalues and eigenvectors of nuclear-operator-valued stochastic process
Let $q^{ij}$, $i,j\in\mathbb{N}$, be predictable real-valued stochastic processes. Let $(e^i)$, $i\in\mathbb{N}$ be an ONB of a separable Hilbert space $H$. Assume that $Q=\sum_{i,j=1}^\infty q^{ij}...
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Diffusion processes in wide generality
It is common knowledge among schoolchildren that one may define jump diffusion processes in wide generality.
Hard question: What are the most general structures on which one may define something ...
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Is there a corresponding Hahn decomposition theorem for the real-valued Radon measures?
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As we know that a signed measure $\mu$ on $R$ can be decomposed to the positive part $\mu_+$ and negative one $\mu_-$ by the Hahn decomposition theorem.
My question is whether each real-...
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Can singular measures be viewed as vanishing distributions? (Answer No!)
Hello,
Here is my original question: let $\mu$ be a singular measure with respect to the Lebesgue's measure on $R$. Is it true that $\int \psi \mu(d x)=0$ for any test function $\psi\in C_c^\infty(R)$...
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Small crown probabilities (and infinite dimensional margin assumption)
My question is:
How do I find sharp upper bounds on $P(|q|\leq \epsilon)$ uniformly over a set of gaussian polynomes $q$ of degree two.
Notations and definitions (to make the question rigorous)
Let ...
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Cyl(E) = Borel(E) for E non-reflexive Grothendieck Banach space
This is sort of a follow-up to Borel(X) = \sigma(X') for X non-separable
PROBLEM: Given a Banach space $E$ over $\mathbb{K} \in \{\mathbb{C}, \mathbb{R}\}$ that has the Grothendieck property. ...
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If $H$ is a separable Hilbert space, is $L^2(H)$ separable?
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space, and let $\gamma$ be a Radon probability measure on $H$ with mean zero and covariance operator the identity $I$.
Is the Hilbert space $L^2(H,\gamma)$ separable?
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