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Stein's method and the distribution of the product of zero mean correlated normal random variables

Statistics Theory 2021-04-13 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Over the last 80 years there has been much interest in the problem of finding an explicit formula for the probability density function of two zero mean correlated normal random variables. Motivated by this historical interest, we use a recent technique from the Stein's method literature to obtain a simple new proof, which also serves as an exposition of a general method that may be useful in related problems.

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@article{arxiv.1906.04785,
  title  = {Stein's method and the distribution of the product of zero mean correlated normal random variables},
  author = {Robert E. Gaunt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04785},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages. To appear in Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods