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- Comment: This article would need more references to establish notability - mention in text or reference books for example. It also needs to establish why this is more notable thanthe sub-exponential distribution in heavy-tailed distribution mentioned at the top. It needs an indication of which statements in the article are supported by the list of references in the References section. Newystats (talk) 02:48, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
This article generalize the space of random variables generated by exponential Orlicz function, which in turn can be regarded as generalization of space for random variables. The sub-exponential distribution discussed here is heavily related to sub-Gaussian distribution. Do not be confused with the sub-exponential distribution in heavy-tailed distribution.
In probability theory, a sub-exponential distribution is a probability distribution with exponential tail decay. Informally, the tails of a sub-exponential distribution decay at a rate similar to those of the tails of a exponential random variable. This property gives sub-exponential distributions their name.
Formally, the probability distribution of a random variable is called sub-exponential if there are positive constant C such that for every ,
- .
The sub-exponential distribution is heavily related to sub-Gaussian distribution. In fact, the square of a sub-exponential is sub-Gaussian [1], which has an even stronger tail decay.
Sub-Exponential properties
editLet be a random variable. The following conditions are equivalent:
- for all , where is a positive constant;
- , where is a positive constant;
- for all , where is a positive constant.
Proof. By the layer cake representation, After a change of variables , we find that
Using the Taylor series for : and monotone convergence theorem, we obtain that which is less than or equal to for . Take , then
Definitions
editA random variable is called a sub-exponential random variable if either one of the equivalent conditions above holds.
The sub-exponential norm of , denoted as , is defined by which is the Orlicz norm of generated by the Orlicz function By condition above, sub-exponential random variables can be characterized as those random variables with finite sub-exponential norm.
Relation with sub-Gaussian distributions
editA random variable is sub-Gaussian if and only if is sub-exponential. Moreover, .
Proof. This follows easily from the characterization of the random variables by the sub-exponential norm and sub-Gaussian norm. Indeed, by definition, Hence, we find that . Therefore, one of the norm is finite if and only if another one is. This shows that is sub-Gaussian if and only if is sub-exponential.
More equivalent definitions
editThe following properties are equivalent:
- The distribution of is sub-exponential.
- Laplace transform condition: for some , holds for all .
- Moment condition: for some , for all .
- Moment generating function condition: for some , for all such that .[2]
Example
editIf has exponential distribution with rate , i.e. , then Then is sub-exponential since it satisfy condition with .
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Vershynin, R. (2018). High-dimensional probability: An introduction with applications in data science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 35–36.
- ^ Vershynin, R. (2018). High-dimensional probability: An introduction with applications in data science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 33–34.
References
edit- Kahane, J.P. (1960). "Propriétés locales des fonctions à séries de Fourier aléatoires". Studia Mathematica. 19: 1–25. doi:10.4064/sm-19-1-1-25.
- Ledoux, Michel; Talagrand, Michel (1991). Probability in Banach Spaces. Springer-Verlag.
- Stromberg, K.R. (1994). Probability for Analysts. Chapman & Hall/CRC.
- Litvak, A.E.; Pajor, A.; Rudelson, M.; Tomczak-Jaegermann, N. (2005). "Smallest singular value of random matrices and geometry of random polytopes" (PDF). Advances in Mathematics. 195 (2): 491–523. doi:10.1016/j.aim.2004.08.004.
- Rudelson, Mark; Vershynin, Roman (2010). "Non-asymptotic theory of random matrices: extreme singular values". Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010. pp. 1576–1602. arXiv:1003.2990. doi:10.1142/9789814324359_0111.
- Vershynin, R. (2018). "High-dimensional probability: An introduction with applications in data science" (PDF). Volume 47 of Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics. pp. 32-36. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Zajkowskim, K. (2020). "On norms in some class of exponential type Orlicz spaces of random variables". Positivity. An International Mathematics Journal Devoted to Theory and Applications of Positivity. 24(5): 1231--1240. arXiv:1709.02970. doi.org/10.1007/s11117-019-00729-6.
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