Error bounds in local limit theorems using Stein's method

DOI10.3150/17-BEJ1013MaRDI QIDQ6289185arXivWikidataFDO

Authors A. D. Barbour, Adrian Röllin, Nathan Ross

Publication date 19 July 2017

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3150/17-BEJ1013

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05)

arXiv classification

math.PR

Abstract: We provide a general result for bounding the difference between point probabilities of integer supported distributions and the translated Poisson distribution, a convenient alternative to the discretized normal. We illustrate our theorem in the context of the Hoeffding combinatorial central limit theorem with integer valued summands, of the number of isolated vertices in an ErdH{o}s-R'enyi random graph, and of the Curie-Weiss model of magnetism, where we provide optimal or near optimal rates of convergence in the local limit metric. In the Hoeffding example, even the discrete normal approximation bounds seem to be new. The general result follows from Stein's method, and requires a new bound on the Stein solution for the Poisson distribution, which is of general interest.

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