Hyperbolic space has strong negative type

zbMATH Open1328.51005arXiv1408.2600MaRDI QIDQ892091FDOQ892091

Russell Lyons

Publication date: 18 November 2015

Published in: Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is known that hyperbolic spaces have strict negative type, a condition on the distances of any finite subset of points. We show that they have strong negative type, a condition on every probability distribution of points (with integrable distance to a fixed point). This implies that the function of expected distances to points determines the probability measure uniquely. It also implies that the distance covariance test for stochastic independence, introduced by Sz'ekely, Rizzo and Bakirov, is consistent against all alternatives in hyperbolic spaces. We prove this by showing an analogue of the Cram'er-Wold device.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2600

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Distance geometry (51K99) Geometric embeddings of metric spaces (30L05)

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