Monotonic functions and an inequality of Myerson on point distributions

DOI10.1016/0019-3577(95)91247-SMaRDI QIDQ1897550zbMATH OpenFDO

Publication date 17 March 1996

Published in Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-3577(95)91247-S

\(L_ p\)-discrepancy conjecture of Myerson discrepancies of point distributions distances of two \(n\)-element point sets inequality for distribution functions

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General theory of distribution modulo (1) (11K06)

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\textit{G. Myerson} [Indag. Math., New Ser. 3, 193-201 (1992; Zbl 0758.11035)]\ studied several concepts of distances and discrepancies of point distributions on the unit interval. The ``distance of two \(n\)- element point sets \(S= \{s_i \}\) and \(T= \{t_i \}\) (both in increasing order) is defined by \(|S- T|= \max_i \{|s_i- t_i|\}\). This paper contains a general inequality for distribution functions proving a conjecture of Myerson, namely \[ |D_p (S)^p- D_p (T)^p |\leq |S-T |, \] where \(D_p (S)\) denotes the \(L_p\)-discrepancy of the point set \(S\) (for \(p\geq 1\)).

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