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The Empirical Beta Copula
Given a sample from a multivariate distribution , the uniform random
variates generated independently and rearranged in the order specified by the
componentwise ranks of the original sample look like a sample from the copula
of . This idea can be regarded as a variant on Baker's [J. Multivariate
Anal. 99 (2008) 2312--2327] copula construction and leads to the definition of
the empirical beta copula. The latter turns out to be a particular case of the
empirical Bernstein copula, the degrees of all Bernstein polynomials being
equal to the sample size.
Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a Bernstein polynomial to
be a copula. These imply that the empirical beta copula is a genuine copula.
Furthermore, the empirical process based on the empirical Bernstein copula is
shown to be asymptotically the same as the ordinary empirical copula process
under assumptions which are significantly weaker than those given in Janssen,
Swanepoel and Veraverbeke [J. Stat. Plan. Infer. 142 (2012) 1189--1197].
A Monte Carlo simulation study shows that the empirical beta copula
outperforms the empirical copula and the empirical checkerboard copula in terms
of both bias and variance. Compared with the empirical Bernstein copula with
the smoothing rate suggested by Janssen et al., its finite-sample performance
is still significantly better in several cases, especially in terms of bias.Comment: 23 pages, 3 figure
The potential (iz)^m generates real eigenvalues only, under symmetric rapid decay conditions
We consider the eigenvalue problems -u"(z) +/- (iz)^m u(z) = lambda u(z), m
>= 3, under every rapid decay boundary condition that is symmetric with respect
to the imaginary axis in the complex z-plane. We prove that the eigenvalues
lambda are all positive real.Comment: 23 pages and 1 figur
Further results on the reverse-order law
AbstractAn explicit expression is obtained for a pair of generalized inverses (B−,A−) such that B−A−=(AB)+MN, and a class of pairs (B−,A− of this property is shown. A necessary and sufficient condition for (AB)− to have the expression B−A− is also given
Processo de Elaboração do Termo de Uso das Farinheiras Comunitárias de Açungui e Potinga, Guaraqueçaba - PR
Trabalho apresentado no 31º SEURS - Seminário de Extensão Universitária da Região Sul, realizado em Florianópolis, SC, no período de 04 a 07 de agosto de 2013 - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.O Litoral do Paraná está inserido no mais preservado espaço contínuo de Mata Atlântica do Brasil, rico em sociobiodiversidade e pluralidade cultural. A produção de mandioca atua como atividade estratégica para o desenvolvimento local, visto que contribui para a segurança alimentar e é um potencial de geração de renda para as famílias rurais. Neste contexto, o Programa de Extensão Farinheiras, da Universidade Federal do Paraná – Setor Litoral desenvolve desde o ano de 2008, ações de ensino, pesquisa e extensão relacionadas à gestão e organização de farinheiras comunitárias, localizadas nas comunidades de Açungui e Potinga, no município de Guaraqueçaba. Ao longo do Programa e através do diálogo constante com os agricultores familiares, houve a necessidade de elaborar o termo de uso dos equipamentos das farinheiras comunitárias, foi utilizado o espaço das reuniões das Associações para a realização da ação. A atividade teve a duração de três meses e a metodologia aplicada foi a participativa e a técnica do grupo focal. A finalização do termo de uso das farinheiras permitiu ao Programa, juntamente com os agricultores, estabelecer a organização e autogestão da unidade produtiva
Asymptotic Conditional Distribution of Exceedance Counts: Fragility Index with Different Margins
Let be a random vector, whose components are not
necessarily independent nor are they required to have identical distribution
functions . Denote by the number of exceedances among
above a high threshold . The fragility index, defined by
if this limit exists, measures the
asymptotic stability of the stochastic system as the threshold
increases. The system is called stable if and fragile otherwise. In this
paper we show that the asymptotic conditional distribution of exceedance counts
(ACDEC) , , exists, if the
copula of is in the domain of attraction of a multivariate extreme
value distribution, and if
exists for
and some . This enables the computation of
the FI corresponding to and of the extended FI as well as of the
asymptotic distribution of the exceedance cluster length also in that case,
where the components of are not identically distributed
On eigenvalues of the Schr\"odinger operator with a complex-valued polynomial potential
In this paper, we generalize a recent result of A. Eremenko and A. Gabrielov
on irreducibility of the spectral discriminant for the Schr\"odinger equation
with quartic potentials. We consider the eigenvalue problem with a
complex-valued polynomial potential of arbitrary degree d and show that the
spectral determinant of this problem is connected and irreducible. In other
words, every eigenvalue can be reached from any other by analytic continuation.
We also prove connectedness of the parameter spaces of the potentials that
admit eigenfunctions satisfying k>2 boundary conditions, except for the case d
is even and k=d/2. In the latter case, connected components of the parameter
space are distinguished by the number of zeros of the eigenfunctions.Comment: 23 page
Quantum toboggans with two branch points
Wave functions describing quantum toboggans with two branch points (QT2) are
defined along complex contours of coordinates which spiral around these branch
points. The classification of QT2 is found in terms of certain ``winding
descriptors" . A mapping is then
presented which rectifies the contours for a subset of the simplest
.Comment: 19pp, 3 figs, presented also as a part of the lecture for QTS-5
conference in Valladolid, Spain, during July 22-28, 2007 (see its webpage
http://tristan.fam.cie.uva.es/qts5
Quasi-exactly solvable quartic: real algebraic spectral locus
We describe the real quasi-exactly solvable spectral locus of the
PT-symmetric quartic using the Nevanlinna parametrization.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figure
Second-order linear differential equations with two irregular singular points of rank three: the characteristic exponent
For a second-order linear differential equation with two irregular singular
points of rank three, multiple Laplace-type contour integral solutions are
considered. An explicit formula in terms of the Stokes multipliers is derived
for the characteristic exponent of the multiplicative solutions. The Stokes
multipliers are represented by converging series with terms for which limit
formulas as well as more detailed asymptotic expansions are available. Here
certain new, recursively known coefficients enter, which are closely related to
but different from the coefficients of the formal solutions at one of the
irregular singular points of the differential equation. The coefficients of the
formal solutions then appear as finite sums over subsets of the new
coefficients. As a by-product, the leading exponential terms of the asymptotic
behaviour of the late coefficients of the formal solutions are given, and this
is a concrete example of the structural results obtained by Immink in a more
general setting. The formulas displayed in this paper are not of merely
theoretical interest, but they also are complete in the sense that they could
be (and have been) implemented for computing accurate numerical values of the
characteristic exponent, although the computational load is not small and
increases with the rank of the singular point under consideration.Comment: 33 page
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