Limit theorems and applications (SAMSOS, 2008)

Jean Jacod. Université Paris6. Document associé : support de présentation : http://epi.univ-paris1.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?CODE_FICHIER=1265816883468 (pdf) Ecouter l'intervention : Bande son disponible au format mp3 Durée : 51 mn

In this paper, we give estimates of ideal or minimal distances between the distribution of the normalized partial sum and the limiting Gaussian distribution for stationary martingale difference sequences or stationary sequences satisfying projective criteria. Applications to functions of linear processes and to functions of expanding maps of the interval are given. This is a joint paper with J. Dedecker (Paris 6) and F. Merlevède (Paris 6). Emmanuel RIO. Université de Versailles. Ecouter l'intervention : Bande son disponible au format mp3 Durée : 44 mn

We will show taht one can combine Malliavin calculus with Stein's method, in order to derive explicit bounds in the Gaussian and Gamma approximations of arbitrary regular functionals of a given Gaussian field (here, the notion of regularity is in the sense of Malliavin derivability). When applied to random variables belonging to a fixed Wiener chaos, our approach generalizes, refines proved (in several papers, from 2005 to 2007) by Nourdin, Nualart, Ortiz-Latorre, Peccati and Tudor. We shall discuss some connections with the classic method of moments and cumulants. As an application, we deduce explicit Berry-Esseen bounds in the Breuer-Major Central limit theorem for subordinated functionals of a fractional Brownian motion. This talk is based on joint works with I. Nourdin (Paris VI). Giovanni PECCATI. Université de Paris 6. Document associé : support de présentation : http://epi.univ-paris1.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?CODE_FICHIER=1207750005329 (pdf) Ecouter l'intervention : Bande son disponible au format mp3 Durée : 41 mn

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of a particular family of weighted sums of independent standardized random variables with uniformly bounded third moments. We prove that the empirical CDF of the resulting partial sums converges almost surely to the normal CDF. It allows us to deduce the almost sure uniform convergence of empirical distribution of the empirical periodogram as well as the almost sure uniform convergence of spectral distribution of symmetric circulant random matrices. In the special case of trigonometric weights, we also establish a central limit theorem and a large deviation principle. It is a joint workwith W. Bryc. Bernard BERCU Université de Bordeaux 1 Document associé : support de présentation : http://epi.univ-paris1.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?CODE_FICHIER=1207750057287 (pdf) Ecouter l'intervention : Bande son disponible au format mp3 Durée : 35 mn

We study the weak convergence (in the high-frequency limit) of the frequency components associated with Gaussian-subordinated, spherical and isotropic random fields. In particular, we provide conditions for asymptotic Gaussianity and we establish a new connection with random walks on the the dual of SO(3), which mirrors analogous results previously established for fields defined on Abelian groups. Our work is motivated by applications to cosmological data analysis, and specifically by the probabilistic modelling and the statistical nalysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, which is currently at the frontier of physical research. To obtain our main results, we prove several fine estimates involving convolutions of the so-called Clebsch-Gordan coefficients (which are elements of unitary matrices connecting reducible representations of SO(3)); this allows to intepret most of our asymptotic conditions in terms of coupling of angular momenta in a quantum mechanical system. Part of the proofs are based on recently established criteria for the weak convergence of multiple Wiener-Itô integrals. This is a joint paper by Domenico Marinucci (Rome "Tor Vergata") and Giovanni Peccati (Paris VI). Domenico MARINUCCI Document associé : support de présentation : http://epi.univ-paris1.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?CODE_FICHIER=1207750104939 (pdf) Ecouter l'intervention : Bande son disponible au format mp3 Durée : 57 mn