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Large-n limit of the distribution of the normalized sum of Cauchy random variables
What is the large-n limit of a distribution of the following sample statistic:$$x\equiv\displaystyle\frac{\sum^{n}X_{i}}{\,\sqrt{\,\sum^{n}X_{i}^{2}\,}\,}$$ when sampling the Cauchy(0,1) distribution? ...
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Generalized central limit theorem
I am looking for a generalized central limit theorem for non-square integrable stationary sequences. More precisely I suspect that when $(X_j)_{j\geqslant 1}$ is a stationary sequence such that $X_i$ ...
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Convergence rate of the central limit theorem near the center of the distribution
I'm looking for fast convergence rates for the central limit theorem - when we are not near the tails of the distribution.
Specifically, from the general convergence rates stated in the Berry–Esseen ...
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A variation on the Borel–Cantelli lemma theme
Let $X,X_0,X_1,\dots$ be nonnegative independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables. Let
\begin{equation*}
E:=\bigcap_{n\ge0}B_n,
\end{equation*}
where
\begin{equation*}
B_n:=\...
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Rate of Convergence of Compound Poisson Laws to Infinitely Divisible Laws
It is known that every infinitely divisible random variable is the limit in law of a sequence of compound Poisson random variables (see for instance Theorem 1.2.18 of Lévy Processes and Stochastic ...
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Product of two random Gaussian matrices - orthant probability
Let $X \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$ and $Y \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times k} $ be two independent Gaussian random matrices, i.e., with entries independently sampled from $\mathcal{N}(0,1)$ (a normal ...
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Variance of sum of $m$ dependent random variables
I originally posted this question in Mathstackexchange, but since I got no answer I'm posting it also here.
Let $X_1,X_2,...$ be a sequence of identically distributed and $m$-dependent random ...
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How to obtain the probability distribution of a sum of dependent discrete random variables more efficiently
I hope you are well. Here is my problem.
Let $\{s_0,\,s_1,\ldots,\,s_T\}$ be a sequence of discrete random variables and denote $S_t=s_0+s_1+\cdots+s_t$, with $S_0=0$ and $S_T\leq M$, where $M$ and $T$...
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Reference for multivariate generalised CLT
I know that one can generalise the classical CLT in terms of heavy tail distributions, namely, for any i.i.d. random variables $X_i$,
$$\frac{X_1+\cdots+X_n}{n^{1/\alpha}}\rightarrow S(\alpha,\beta,\...
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Concentration Inequality for Score Functions of Exponential Familty
Let $p$ be the density of a continuous one-parameter exponential family distribution on $\mathbb{R}$. We assume that
$$p(x) = c(x)\cdot \exp\bigl [ x \cdot \theta - b(\theta ) \bigr ], $$
where $\...
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A question in central limit theorem
Suppose $\{X_n,n\ge1\}$ are independent r.v., $E(X_n)=0$, $\operatorname{Var} \left(X_n\right)=\sigma_n^2<\infty$. Set $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i$ and $s_n^2=\sum_{i=1}^n\sigma_i^2$, assume
$$\frac{S_n}{...
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Is the limit of compound Poisson random variables a compound Poisson r.v.?
Let $Y$ be an infinitely divisible (I.D.) random variable.
Let $\nu$ be any measure not necessarily finite: $\nu(\mathbb R)\leq \infty$. Suppose that $Y \sim (0, \nu,0)_0$ according to the notation on ...
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Self normalized sum of products of i.i.d. random variables
Let $p\in (0,1)$ and $X_1, X_2, ...X_n \sim \text{Bern}(p)$ be $n$ i.i.d. Bernoulli random variables, where the probability that $X_i$ is $1$ equals $p$.
Fix $a,b>0$ different from $1$ that satisfy ...
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Local limit theorems for circular/spherical distributions
Here are some of the classical density functions for spherical distributions (on the $\mathcal{S}^{d-1}$ sphere, living in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^d$):
$$\mathbf{x}\mapsto \frac{(\kappa/2)^{d/...
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"Optimal" local limit theorems for densities vanishing at zero
Consider a nonnegative stable distribution with a density that vanishes at zero, such as
$$f(t)=\frac{e^{-1/2t}}{\sqrt{2\pi t^3}},\qquad t\geq0.$$
Suppose (for simplicity) that we have i.i.d copies $(...
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Calculating Wasserstein's distance between an empirical distribution and a combination of normal distributions
Context of the problem
Let $\xi$ be a random variable (with real value) with support $\Xi=\mathbb{R}$ and $\xi_{1},\ldots,\xi_{N}$ be a sample of $\xi$. We consider the empirical probability
$$\...
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Is it possible to improve the order of convergence of averages of random variables if they are not identically distributed?
Let $X_n$ be a sequence of independent random variables (but not necessarily identically distributed)
taking values in $[-1,1]$ that have the following property:
1) The average $A_n := \frac{(X_1+ \...
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Expected value of square[X/sigmaX] = 1/n^2(1+1/pi)?
Please see the below link for the complete description. I already have an answer shown in the link, based on many Excel simulations ($n=4$ to $100$, $x_i$ generated by RAND() function of Excel). I ...
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Stationary and limiting distributions
Consider a CT Markov Process $X=(X_t)_{t\geq0}$ with state space $E\in\mathbb{R}^N$. Are there any general conditions under which a stationary distribution $\pi$ for $X$ is also a limiting ...
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Limit distribution of the self-normalized sum of Cauchy random variables
This is something that has come up in my research. I originally posted this question on CrossValidated but realized it might be better suited for this site. I have deleted the question there (in case ...
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Stable law and the domains of attraction
The multivariate generalised central limit theorem with their domains of attraction was given by Rvačeva (see also this post). The original paper is not very accessible on the internet, and neither ...
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