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A limit theorem for selectors

Probability 2014-07-18 v1

Abstract

Any (measurable) function KK from Rn\mathbb{R}^n to R\mathbb{R} defines an operator K\mathbf{K} acting on random variables XX by K(X)=K(X1,,Xn)\mathbf{K}(X)=K(X_1, \ldots, X_n), where the XjX_j are independent copies of XX. The main result of this paper concerns selectors HH, continuous functions defined in Rn\mathbb{R}^n and such that H(x1,x2,,xn){x1,x2,,xn}H(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) \in \{x_1,x_2, \ldots, x_n\}. For each such selector HH (except for projections onto a single coordinate) there is a unique point ωH\omega_H in the interval (0,1)(0,1) so that for any random variable XX the iterates H(N)\mathbf{H}^{(N)} acting on XX converge in distribution as NN \to \infty to the ωH\omega_H-quantile of XX.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4666,
  title  = {A limit theorem for selectors},
  author = {Francisco Durango and José L. Fernández and Pablo Fernández and María J. González},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4666},
  year   = {2014}
}
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