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Stein's method for Conditional Central Limit Theorem

Probability 2022-10-14 v3

Abstract

In the seventies, Charles Stein revolutionized the way of proving the Central Limit Theorem by introducing a method that utilizes a characterization equation for Gaussian distribution. In the last 50 years, much research has been done to adapt and strengthen this method to a variety of different settings and other limiting distributions. However, it has not been yet extended to study conditional convergences. In this article, we develop a novel approach using Stein's method for exchangeable pairs to find a rate of convergence in Conditional Central Limit Theorem of the form (XnYn=k)(X_n\mid Y_n=k), where (Xn,Yn)(X_n, Y_n) are asymptotically jointly Gaussian, and extend this result to a multivariate version. We apply our general result to several concrete examples, including pattern count in a random binary sequence and subgraph count in Erd\"os-R\'enyi random graph.

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@article{arxiv.2109.09274,
  title  = {Stein's method for Conditional Central Limit Theorem},
  author = {Partha S. Dey and Grigory Terlov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.09274},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

50 pages. Assumption II was changed, the multivariate result was improved, overall presentation was revised, final version. To appear in the Annals of Probability