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$L^p$ bounds for a central limit theorem with involutions

Probability 2010-11-30 v3

Abstract

Let E=((eij))n×nE=((e_{ij}))_{n\times n} be a fixed array of real numbers such that eij=eji,eii=0e_{ij}=e_{ji}, e_{ii}=0 for 1i,jn1\le i,j \le n. Let the permutation group be denoted by SnS_n and the collection of involutions with no fixed points by Πn\Pi_n, that is, Πn={πSn:π2=id,π(i)ii}\Pi_n=\{\pi\in S_n: \pi^2= id, \pi(i)\neq i\,\forall i\} with id denoting the identity permutation. For π\pi uniformly chosen from Πn\Pi_n, let YE=i=1neiπ(i)Y_E=\sum_{i=1}^n e_{i\pi(i)} and W=(YEμE)/σEW=(Y_E-\mu_E)/\sigma_E where μE=E(YE)\mu_E=E(Y_E) and σE2=Var(YE)\sigma_E^2= Var(Y_E). Denoting by FWF_W and Φ\Phi the distribution functions of WW and a N(0,1)\mathcal{N}(0,1) variate respectively, we bound FWΦp||F_W-\Phi||_p for 1p 1\le p\le \infty using Stein's method and the zero bias transformation. Optimal Berry-Esseen or LL^\infty bounds for the classical problem where π\pi is chosen uniformly from SnS_n were obtained by Bolthausen using Stein's method. Although in our case πΠn\pi \in \Pi_n uniformly, the LpL^p bounds we obtain are of similar form as Bolthausen's bound which holds for p=p=\infty. The difficulty in extending Bolthausen's method from SnS_n to Πn\Pi_n arising due to the involution restriction is tackled by the use of zero bias transformations.

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@article{arxiv.0905.1150,
  title  = {$L^p$ bounds for a central limit theorem with involutions},
  author = {Subhankar Ghosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1150},
  year   = {2010}
}
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