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A central limit theorem for stationary random fields

Probability 2012-07-13 v2 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

This paper establishes a central limit theorem and an invariance principle for a wide class of stationary random fields under natural and easily verifiable conditions. More precisely, we deal with random fields of the form Xk=g(εks,sZd)X_k = g(\varepsilon_{k-s}, s \in \Z^d), kZdk\in\Z^d, where (εi)iZd(\varepsilon_i)_{i\in\Z^d} are i.i.d random variables and gg is a measurable function. Such kind of spatial processes provides a general framework for stationary ergodic random fields. Under a short-range dependence condition, we show that the central limit theorem holds without any assumption on the underlying domain on which the process is observed. A limit theorem for the sample auto-covariance function is also established.

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@article{arxiv.1109.0838,
  title  = {A central limit theorem for stationary random fields},
  author = {Mohamed El Machkouri and Dalibor Volny and Wei Biao Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.0838},
  year   = {2012}
}

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22 pages

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