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Positive semidefinite ordering for covariance matrices

Suppose that X and Z are matrices with the same number of rows. Let $$ D = \left[\begin{array}{cc} X' X & X'Z \\ Z'X & Z'Z \end{array} \right]^{-1} - \left[\begin{array}{cc} (X' X)^{-1} & ...
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Log-convexity of conditional variances

Let $K$ be a positive integer and $C$ be any $K \times K$ non-singular matrix. For positive real numbers $q_1, \dots, q_K$, define $$\Sigma(q_1, \dots, q_K) = CC' + diag(\frac{1}{q_1}, \dots, \frac{1}...
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Strict monotonicity of conditional variances

Let $K \geq 2$ be a positive integer and $C$ be any $K \times K$ non-singular matrix (if necessary, can assume that all $K$ rows of $C$ are needed to span the coordinate row vector $e_1'$). For ...
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