On the number of sign changes of a real function

DOI10.1007/BF01849844MaRDI QIDQ798791zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Hans-Georg Müller

Publication date 1985

Published in Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01849844

zbMATH Keywords

nonparametric curve estimationnumber of sign changes of a real functionsequence of moments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other analytical inequalities (26D20) Nonparametric estimation (62G05)

Review text

A lower bound for the number of sign changes of a real function with not necessarily nonnegative support is derived which depends on the sequence of moments of the function. Several special cases which include results of Pólya-Szegö are discussed. One special application is a lower bound for the number of sign changes of kernel functions (employed in nonparametric curve estimation) satisfying certain moment conditions which has also been obtained by Mammitzsch using different methods. The proof is based on a relation between iterated integrals and moments of real functions.

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