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Regularity of center-outward distribution functions in non-convex domains

Probability 2023-04-06 v2 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

For a probability P in RdR^d its center outward distribution function F±F_{\pm}, introduced in Chernozhukov et al. (2017) and Hallin et al. (2021), is a new and successful concept of multivariate distribution function based on mass transportation theory. This work proves, for a probability P with density locally bounded away from zero and infinity in its support, the continuity of the center-outward map on the interior of the support of P and the continuity of its inverse, the quantile, Q±Q_{\pm}. This relaxes the convexity assumption in del Barrio et al. (2020). Some important consequences of this continuity are Glivenko-Cantelli type theorems and characterisation of weak convergence by the stability of the center-outward map.

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@article{arxiv.2303.16862,
  title  = {Regularity of center-outward distribution functions in non-convex domains},
  author = {Eustasio del Barrio and Alberto González Sanz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.16862},
  year   = {2023}
}