Related papers: A note on positive association

We give exponential upper bounds for $P(S \le k)$, in particular $P(S=0)$, where $S$ is a sum of indicator random variables that are positively associated. These bounds allow, in particular, a comparison with the independent case. We give…

Testing for independence between two random vectors is a fundamental problem in statistics. It is observed from empirical studies that many existing omnibus consistent tests may not work well for some strongly nonmonotonic and nonlinear…

We study the analogue in orbit equivalence of free product decomposition and free indecomposability for countable groups. We introduce the (orbit equivalence invariant) notion of freely indecomposable ({\FI}) standard probability measure…

A set $X \subseteq 2^\omega$ with positive measure contains a perfect subset. We study such perfect subsets from the viewpoint of computability and prove that these sets can have weak computational strength. Then we connect the existence of…

In this paper, the defining properties of a valid measure of the dependence between two random variables are reviewed and complemented with two original ones, shown to be more fundamental than other usual postulates. While other popular…

In the present paper we sketch the proof of the fact that for any open connected set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, $n\geq 1$, and any $E\subset \partial \Omega$ with $0<\mathcal{H}^n(E)<\infty$, absolute continuity of the harmonic…

Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $\kappa(G)$ be the probability that elements $g$, $h\in G$ are conjugate, when $g$ and $h$ are chosen independently and uniformly at random. The paper classifies those groups $G$ such that $\kappa(G) \geq…

In [6], a constraint on invariant measures of bi-permutative cellular automata has been observed: fixed values at the positive indices determine almost-surely a uniform conditional probability on the subset of values of positive conditional…

For a $C^\infty$ map on a compact manifold we prove that for a Lebesgue randomly picked point x there is an empirical measure from $x$ with entropy larger than or equal to the sum of positive Lyapunov exponents at $x$.

Let $\mu$ be a compactly supported probability measure on the positive half-line and let $\mu^{\boxtimes t}$ be the free multiplicative convolution semigroup. We show that the support of $\mu^{\boxtimes t}$ varies continuously as $t$…

As an alternative to the famous Schanuel's Conjecture (SC), we introduce the Schanuel Subset Conjecture (SSC): Given $\alpha_1,...,\alpha_n\in \mathbb{C}$ linearly independent over $\mathbb{Q}$, if $\{\alpha_1,...,\alpha_n,…

Let $\mathcal C$ be a set of finite groups which is closed under taking subgroups and let $d$ and $M$ be positive integers. Suppose that for any $G\in\mathcal C$ whose order is divisible by at most two distinct primes there exists an…

We propose and axiomatize preferences on a product state space in light of uncertainty regarding the dependency of different payoff-relevant factors. Dependence structures allow to decompose probabilities and allow to pin down behavior…

Let $\Omega$ be an unbounded open subset of ${\mathbb R}^n$, $n \ge 2$, and $A : \Omega \times {\mathbb R}^n \to {\mathbb R}^n$ be a function such that $$ C_1 |\zeta|^p \le \zeta A (x, \zeta), \quad |A (x, \zeta)| \le C_2 |\zeta|^{p-1} $$…

We prove that, under the continuum hypothesis $\frak c=\aleph_1$, any ultraproduct II$_1$ factor $M= \prod_{\omega} M_n$ of separable finite factors $M_n$ contains more than $\frak c$ many mutually disjoint singular MASAs, in other words…

Let $\mathfrak C$ be a class of finite groups which is closed for subgroups, quotients and direct products. Given a profinite group $G$ and an element $x\in G$, we denote by $P_{\mathfrak{C}}(x,G)$ the probability that $x$ and a randomly…

When $A$ and $B$ are subsets of the integers in $[1,X]$ and $[1,Y]$ respectively, with $|A| \geq \alpha X$ and $|B| \geq \beta X$, we show that the number of rational numbers expressible as $a/b$ with $(a,b)$ in $A \times B$ is $\gg (\alpha…

Let $E \subset \mathbb R^d$, $d \ge 2$, be compact, and let $\phi(x,y)$ be a smooth function satisfying the Phong--Stein rotational curvature condition on $\{\phi(x,y)=1\}$. We prove that if $\dim_{\mathcal H}(E)>1$, then $$…

In this note we construct a measure $\mu$ on a $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{M}$ of subsets of the positive real axis, $\mathbb{R}_{>0}$, with the following multiplicative property: \[ \mu \left( \bigcup_j E_j \right) = \prod_j \mu(E_j) \] for…

Let $(\mathcal{A}_i)_{i \in [s]}$ be a sequence of dense subsets of the Boolean cube $\{0,1\}^n$ and let $p$ be a prime. We show that if $s$ is assumed to be superpolynomial in $n$ then we can find distinct $i,j$ such that the two…