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Convergence of Empirical Measures for i.i.d. samples in $W^{-{\alpha}, p}$

Probability 2025-12-22 v1

Abstract

Given NN i.i.d. samples from a probability measure μ\mu on Rd\mathbf{R}^d, we study the rate of convergence of the empirical measure μNμ\mu_N \to \mu in the negative Sobolev space Wα,pW^{-\alpha, p}. When Wα,pW^{-\alpha, p} contains point measures (i.e. when αp>(p1)d\alpha p > (p-1)d), we show EμNμWα,ppCd/Np/2\mathbf{E} \| \mu_N - \mu \|_{W^{-\alpha, p}}^p \leq C_d / N^{p/2} for an explicit dimensional constant CdC_d, and obtain a Gaussian tail bound. When 0<αpd(p1)0 < \alpha p \leq d(p-1), we prove a similar result for Gaussian regularizations.

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@article{arxiv.2512.17794,
  title  = {Convergence of Empirical Measures for i.i.d. samples in $W^{-{\alpha}, p}$},
  author = {Gautam Iyer and Raghavendra Venkatraman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17794},
  year   = {2025}
}

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