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Exact lower and upper bounds for shifts of Gaussian measures

Probability 2022-05-20 v1 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

Exact upper and lower bounds on the ratio Ew(Xv)/Ew(X)\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X}-\mathbf{v})/\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X}) for a centered Gaussian random vector X\mathbf{X} in Rn\mathbb{R}^n, as well as bounds on the rate of change of Ew(Xtv)\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X}-t\mathbf{v}) in tt, where w ⁣:Rn[0,)w\colon\mathbb{R}^n\to[0,\infty) is any even unimodal function and v\mathbf{v} is any vector in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. As a corollary of such results, exact upper and lower bounds on the power function of statistical tests for the mean of a multivariate normal distribution are given.

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@article{arxiv.2205.09266,
  title  = {Exact lower and upper bounds for shifts of Gaussian measures},
  author = {Iosif Pinelis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09266},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages; to appear in Theory of Probability and Its Applications