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Limiting spherical integrals of bounded continuous functions

Probability 2024-10-17 v2 Functional Analysis Logic

Abstract

We use nonstandard analysis to study the problem of expressing a Gaussian integral in terms of the limiting behavior of a sequence of spherical integrals. Peterson and Sengupta proved that if a Gaussian measure μ\mu has full support on a finite-dimensional Euclidean space, then the expected value of a bounded measurable function on that domain can be expressed as a limit of integrals over spheres Sn1(n)S^{n-1}(\sqrt{n}) intersected with certain affine subspaces of Rn\mathbb{R}^n. This allows one to realize the Gaussian Radon transform of such functions as a limit of spherical integrals. Using nonstandard analysis, we study such limits in terms of Loeb integrals over a single hyperfinite dimensional sphere. This nonstandard geometric approach generalizes the known limiting result for bounded continuous functions to the case when the Gaussian measure is not necessarily fully supported. We also present an asymptotic linear algebra result needed in the above proof.

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@article{arxiv.1909.11075,
  title  = {Limiting spherical integrals of bounded continuous functions},
  author = {Irfan Alam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.11075},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

26 pages, 3 figures, updated with submitted version (corrected minor mistakes and edited exposition slightly at a few places)

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