Euler characteristics for Gaussian fields on manifolds (Q1394517)
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Euler characteristics for Gaussian fields on manifolds (English)
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2 December 2003
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The authors investigate geometric properties of real-valued Gaussian random fields defined on manifolds. These manifolds \(M\) are of class \(C^3\) and the random fields \(f\) are smooth. The interest in these fields focuses on their excursion sets, \(f^{-1}[u,\infty)\), and their geometric properties. Specifically the authors derive the expected Euler characteristic \(E[\chi(f^{-1}[u,\infty))]\) of an excursion set of a smooth Gaussian random field. Part of the motivation for this comes from the fact that \(E[\chi(f^{-1}[u,\infty))]\) relates global properties of \(M\) to a geometry related to the covariance structure of \(f\). The relation between the expected Euler characteristic of an excursion set above a level \(u\) and \(P[\sup_{p\in M}f(p)\geq u]\) is of further interest. The proofs rely on results from random fields on \(R^n\) as well as differential and Riemannian geometry.
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random fields
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Gaussian processes
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manifolds
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excursions
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Riemannian geometry
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Euler characteristic
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