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Is there a real/functional analytic proof of Cramér–Lévy theorem?

In the book Gaussian Measures in Finite and Infinite Dimensions by Stroock, there is a theorem with a comment The following remarkable theorem was discovered by Cramér and Lévy. So far as I know, ...
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What can we say about the order of convergence of a critical point of Gaussian mixture density to its limit when the parameter $h$ goes to $0?$

Density of Gaussian mixture with $n$ components is given by: $$f(x):=C \sum_{i=1}^{n}e^{-\frac{1}{2}||\frac{x-x_i}{h}||^2}, x_i \in \mathbb{R}^d, h > 0$$ where $C$ is a normalization constant ...
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Non-affine smooth transformation of Gaussian is Gaussian

Suppose $Z\sim N(0,1)$ (standard Gaussian) and $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a differentiable function such that $f(Z)\sim N(0,1)$. My question is whether there exists any such $f$ other than $f(x)...
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A normal distribution inequality

Let $n(x) := \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{x^2}{2}}$, and $N(x) := \int_{-\infty}^x n(t)dt$. I have plotted the curves of the both sides of the following inequality. The graph shows that the ...
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maximum likelihood estimation of X is better than that of f(X)?

Consider a binary variable $C$ with $\Pr(C=0)=\Pr(C=1)=0.5$. Consider a random vector $X \in \mathbb{R}^d$, characterized by $C$, with PDF $p_m(x)$, $m\in\{0,1\}$. Define a maximum likelihood (ML) ...
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Asymptotic expansion of nonlinear Gaussian transformation in terms of covariance

I'm reading this paper and on page 8 the authors state without proof an asymptotic expansion of a multivariate Gaussian integral in terms of the covariance obtained by applying what they call the "...
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when is the average of a function with Gaussian inputs bounded away from zero

Define a function $\phi(x):\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$. Consider the expected value function defined as follows \begin{align*} \mu(\beta)=E[g\phi (\beta g)]\quad with \quad g\sim\mathcal{N}(0,1)\...
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Lipschitz continuous maps from $\mathbb R^n$ to $\mathbb R^n$ that preserve Gaussian measure?

The only ones I can think of are linear maps like rotations and permutations. Is there a more general characterization?
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Reducing system of equations involving Erf, Error Function

I have a system of equations: $$1/2 + {\rm Erf}(x) - {\rm Erf}(\frac{x+y}{2})=0$$ $$-1/2 + {\rm Erf}(y) - {\rm Erf}(\frac{x+y}{2})=0,$$ Where $x \le y$ and ${\rm Erf}$ is the Error Function. By ...