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The Dirichlet curve of a probability in $\mathbb{R}^d$

Probability 2014-05-20 v1

Abstract

If α\alpha is a probability on Rd\mathbb{R}^d and t>0,t>0, consider the Dirichlet random probability PtD(tα);P_t\sim\mathcal{D}(t\alpha) ; it is such that for any measurable partition (A0,,Ak)(A_0,\ldots,A_k) of Rd\mathbb{R}^d then (Pt(A0),,Pt(Ak))(P_t(A_0),\ldots,P_t(A_k)) is Dirichlet distributed with parameters (tα(A0),tα(Ak)).(t\alpha(A_0)\ldots,t\alpha(A_k)). If Rdlog(1+x)α(dx)<\int_{\mathbb{R}^d}\log(1+\|x\|)\alpha(dx)<\infty the random variable RdxPt(dx)\int_{\mathbb{R}^d}xP_t(dx) of Rd\mathbb{R}^d does exist and we denote by μ(tα)\mu(t\alpha) its distribution. The Dirichlet curve associated to the probability α\alpha is the map tμ(tα).t\mapsto \mu(t\alpha). It has simple properties like limt0μ(tα)=α\lim_{t\searrow 0}\mu(t\alpha)=\alpha and limtμ(tα)=δm\lim_{t\rightarrow \infty}\mu(t\alpha)=\delta_m when m=Rdxα(dx)m=\int_{\mathbb{R}^d} x\alpha(dx) exists. The present paper shows first that if mm exists and if ψ\psi is a convex function on Rd\mathbb{R}^d then tRdψ(x)μ(tα)(dx)t\mapsto \int_{\mathbb{R}^d}\psi(x)\mu(t\alpha)(dx) is a decreasing function, which means that tμ(tα)t\mapsto \mu(t\alpha) is decreasing according to the Strassen convex order of probabilities. The second aim of the paper is to prove a group of results around the following question: if μ(tα)=μ(sα)\mu(t\alpha)=\mu(s\alpha) for some 0s<t0\leq s<t, can we claim that μ\mu is Cauchy distributed in Rd?\mathbb{R}^d?

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@article{arxiv.1405.4744,
  title  = {The Dirichlet curve of a probability in $\mathbb{R}^d$},
  author = {Gerard Letac and Mauro Piccioni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4744},
  year   = {2014}
}