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We consider a wide class of generalized Radon transforms $\mathcal R$, which act in $\mathbb{R}^n$ for any $n\ge 2$ and integrate over submanifolds of any codimension $N$, $1\le N\le n-1$. Also, we allow for a fairly general reconstruction…

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In this paper, we are interested in the asymptotic behaviour of the sequence of processes $(W_n(s,t))_{s,t\in[0,1]}$ with \begin{equation*} W_n(s,t):=\sum_{k=1}^{\lfloor nt\rfloor}\big(1_{\{\xi_{S_k}\leq s\}}-s\big) \end{equation*} where…

A rearrangement of $n$ independent uniform $[0,1]$ random variables is a sequence of $n$ random variables $Y_1,...,Y_n$ whose vector of order statistics has the same distribution as that for the $n$ uniforms. We consider rearrangements…

The purpose of this note is to point out that the theory of expander graphs leads to an interesting test whether $n$ real numbers $x_1, \dots, x_n$ could be $n$ independent samples of a random variable. To any distinct, real numbers $x_1,…

We prove that $X^r$ follows an FID distribution if: (1) $X$ follows a free Poisson distribution without an atom at 0 and $r\in(-\infty,0]\cup[1,\infty)$; (2) $X$ follows a free Poisson distribution with an atom at 0 and $r\geq1$; (3) $X$…

Consider a (possibly infinite) exchangeable sequence X={X_n:1\leqn<N}, where N\in N\cup {\infty}, with values in a Borel space (A,A), and note X_n=(X_1,...,X_n). We say that X is Hoeffding decomposable if, for each n, every square…

We offer theoretical and empirical insights into the impact of exogenous randomness on the effectiveness of random forests with tree-building rules independent of training data. We formally introduce the concept of exogenous randomness and…

For independent random variables $X_1,\ldots, X_n;Y_1,\ldots, Y_n$ with all $X_i$ identically distributed and same for $Y_j$, we study the relation \[E\{a\bar X + b\bar Y|X_1 -\bar X +Y_1 -\bar Y,\ldots,X_n -\bar X +Y_n -\bar Y\}={\rm…

We show how to extend several basic concentration inequalities for simple random tensors $X = x_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes x_d$ where all $x_k$ are independent random vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with independent coefficients. The new results…

Let $X_1,X_2, \ldots$ be independent and identically distributed random elements taking values in a separable Hilbert space $\mathbb{H}$. With applications for functional data in mind, $\mathbb{H}$ may be regarded as a space of…

We consider the variable selection problem in linear regression. Suppose that we have a set of random variables $X_1,...,X_m,Y,\epsilon$ such that $Y=\sum_{k\in \pi}\alpha_kX_k+\epsilon$ with $\pi\subseteq \{1,...,m\}$ and $\alpha_k\in…

We prove a long-standing conjecture which characterises the Ewens-Pitman two-parameter family of exchangeable random partitions, plus a short list of limit and exceptional cases, by the following property: for each $n = 2,3, >...$, if one…

Let $X_0$ be a non-constant random variable with finite variance. Given an integer $k\ge2$, define a sequence $\{X_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ of approximately linear recursions with small perturbations $\{\Delta_n\}_{n=0}^\infty$ by $$X_{n+1} =…

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The sequence of derangements is given by the formula $D_0 = 1, D_n = nD_{n-1} + (-1)^n, n>0$. It is a classical object appearing in combinatorics and number theory. In this paper we consider two classes of sequences: first class is given by…

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We consider the stochastically perturbed cubic difference equation with variable coefficients \[ x_{n+1}=x_n(1-h_nx_n^2)+\rho_{n+1}\xi_{n+1}, \quad n\in \mathbb N,\quad x_0\in \mathbb R. \] Here $(\xi_n)_{n\in \mathbb N}$ is a sequence of…