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Law of the iterated logarithm for stationary processes

Probability 2008-01-03 v2

Abstract

There has been recent interest in the conditional central limit question for (strictly) stationary, ergodic processes ...,X1,X0,X1,......,X_{-1},X_0,X_1,... whose partial sums Sn=X1+...+XnS_n=X_1+...+X_n are of the form Sn=Mn+RnS_n=M_n+R_n, where MnM_n is a square integrable martingale with stationary increments and RnR_n is a remainder term for which E(Rn2)=o(n)E(R_n^2)=o(n). Here we explore the law of the iterated logarithm (LIL) for the same class of processes. Letting \Vert\cdot\Vert denote the norm in L2(P)L^2(P), a sufficient condition for the partial sums of a stationary process to have the form Sn=Mn+RnS_n=M_n+R_n is that n3/2E(SnX0,X1,...)n^{-3/2}\Vert E(S_n|X_0,X_{-1},...)\Vert be summable. A sufficient condition for the LIL is only slightly stronger, requiring n3/2log3/2(n)E(SnX0,X1,...)n^{-3/2}\log^{3/2}(n)\Vert E(S_n|X_0,X_{-1},...)\Vert to be summable. As a by-product of our main result, we obtain an improved statement of the conditional central limit theorem. Invariance principles are obtained as well.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612747,
  title  = {Law of the iterated logarithm for stationary processes},
  author = {Ou Zhao and Michael Woodroofe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612747},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117907000000079 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)