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Normal approximation for sums of discrete $U$-statistics - application to Kolmogorov bounds in random subgraph counting

Probability 2018-06-15 v1

Abstract

We derive normal approximation bounds in the Kolmogorov distance for sums of discrete multiple integrals and UU-statistics made of independent Bernoulli random variables. Such bounds are applied to normal approximation for the renormalized subgraphs counts in the Erd{\H o}s-R\'enyi random graph. This approach completely solves a long-standing conjecture in the general setting of arbitrary graph counting, while recovering and improving recent results derived for triangles as well as results using the Wasserstein distance.

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@article{arxiv.1806.05339,
  title  = {Normal approximation for sums of discrete $U$-statistics - application to Kolmogorov bounds in random subgraph counting},
  author = {Nicolas Privault and Grzegorz Serafin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.05339},
  year   = {2018}
}