Sticky central limit theorems at isolated hyperbolic planar singularities

DOI10.1214/EJP.V20-3887zbMATH Open1327.60028arXiv1410.6879OpenAlexW2963261057MaRDI QIDQ2515946FDOQ2515946

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 7 August 2015

Published in: Electronic Journal of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive the limiting distribution of the barycenter $b_n$ of an i.i.d. sample of $n$ random points on a planar cone with angular spread larger than $2pi$. There are three mutually exclusive possibilities: (i) (fully sticky case) after a finite random time the barycenter is almost surely at the origin; (ii) (partly sticky case) the limiting distribution of $sqrtn{b}_n$ comprises a point mass at the origin, an open sector of a Gaussian, and the projection of a Gaussian to the sector's bounding rays; or (iii) (nonsticky case) the barycenter stays away from the origin and the renormalized fluctuations have a fully supported limit distribution---usually Gaussian but not always. We conclude with an alternative, topological definition of stickiness that generalizes readily to measures on general metric spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6879

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zbMATH Keywords

central limit theoremlaw of large numbersnonpositive curvaturestratified spaceFréchet mean

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Probability theory on algebraic and topological structures (60B99)

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