On Stein's method for multivariate self-decomposable laws with finite first moment

DOI10.1214/19-EJP285zbMATH Open1466.60027arXiv1809.02050OpenAlexW3106400743MaRDI QIDQ2631855FDOQ2631855

Authors: Benjamin Arras, Christian Houdré 

Publication date: 16 May 2019

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

Abstract: We develop a multidimensional Stein methodology for non-degenerate self-decomposable random vectors in $mathbb{R}^d$ having finite first moment. Building on previous univariate findings, we solve an integro-partial differential Stein equation by a mixture of semigroup and Fourier analytic methods. Then, under a second moment assumption, we introduce a notion of Stein kernel and an associated Stein discrepancy specifically designed for infinitely divisible distributions. Combining these new tools, we obtain quantitative bounds on smooth-Wasserstein distances between a probability measure in $mathbb{R}^d$ and a non-degenerate self-decomposable target law with finite second moment. Finally, under an appropriate spectral gap assumption, we investigate, via variational methods, the existence of Stein kernels. In particular, this leads to quantitative versions of classical results on characterizations of probability distributions by variational functionals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02050

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zbMATH Keywords

infinite divisibilityStein's methodrates of convergenceself-decomposabilityweak limit theoremssmooth Wassertein distanceStein's kernel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinitely divisible distributions; stable distributions (60E07) Characteristic functions; other transforms (60E10) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05)

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