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The geometry of Gaussian double Markovian distributions

Statistics Theory 2024-11-13 v4 Algebraic Geometry Statistics Theory

Abstract

Gaussian double Markovian models consist of covariance matrices constrained by a pair of graphs specifying zeros simultaneously in the covariance matrix and its inverse. We study the semi-algebraic geometry of these models, in particular their dimension, smoothness and connectedness as well as algebraic and combinatorial properties.

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@article{arxiv.2107.00134,
  title  = {The geometry of Gaussian double Markovian distributions},
  author = {Tobias Boege and Thomas Kahle and Andreas Kretschmer and Frank Röttger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.00134},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

33 pages, 1 figure. v4: added missing cases in Proposition 3.31