Does the Convex Order Between the Distributions of Linear Functionals Imply the Convex Order Between the Probability Distributions Over $\mathbb R^d$?
Probability
2025-10-09 v3
Abstract
It is shown that the convex order between the distributions of linear functionals does not imply the convex order between the probability distributions over if . This stands in contrast with the well-known fact that any probability distribution in , for any , is determined by the corresponding distributions of linear functionals. By duality, it follows that, for any , not all convex functions from to can be represented as the limits of sums of convex functions of linear functionals on .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.04269,
title = {Does the Convex Order Between the Distributions of Linear Functionals Imply the Convex Order Between the Probability Distributions Over $\mathbb R^d$?},
author = {Iosif Pinelis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.04269},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
4 pages; to appear in The American Mathematical Monthly. Version 2: a typo is corrected. Version 3: another typo is corrected