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    Fractional statistic

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    We improve Haldane's formula which gives the number of configurations for NN particles on dd states in a fractional statistic defined by the coupling g=l/mg=l/m. Although nothing is changed in the thermodynamic limit, the new formula makes sense for finite N=pm+rN=pm+r with pp integer and 0<rm.0<r\leq m. A geometrical interpretation of fractional statistic is given in terms of ''composite particles''.Comment: flatex hald.tex, 3 files Submitted to: Phys. Rev.

    Chern-Simons Theory of Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in (Pseudo) Massless Dirac Electrons

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    We derive the effective field theory from the microscopic Hamiltonian of interacting two-dimensional (pseudo) Dirac electrons by performing a statistic gauge transformation. The quantized Hall conductance are expected to be σxy=e2h(2k1)\sigma_{xy}=\frac{e^2}{h}(2k-1) with kk is arbitrary integer. There are also topological excitations which have fractional charge and obey fractional statistics.Comment: 7 pages, no figure

    A wavelet analysis of the Rosenblatt process: chaos expansion and estimation of the self-similarity parameter

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    By using chaos expansion into multiple stochastic integrals, we make a wavelet analysis of two self-similar stochastic processes: the fractional Brownian motion and the Rosenblatt process. We study the asymptotic behavior of the statistic based on the wavelet coefficients of these processes. Basically, when applied to a non-Gaussian process (such as the Rosenblatt process) this statistic satisfies a non-central limit theorem even when we increase the number of vanishing moments of the wavelet function. We apply our limit theorems to construct estimators for the self-similarity index and we illustrate our results by simulations

    A metric theory of minimal gaps

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    We study the minimal gap statistic for fractional parts of sequences of the form Aα={αa(n)}\mathcal A^\alpha = \{\alpha a(n)\} where A={a(n)}\mathcal A = \{a(n)\} is a sequence of distinct of integers. Assuming that the additive energy of the sequence is close to its minimal possible value, we show that for almost all α\alpha, the minimal gap δminα(N)=min{αa(m)αa(n)mod1:1mnN}\delta_{\min}^\alpha(N)=\min\{\alpha a(m)-\alpha a(n)\bmod 1: 1\leq m\neq n\leq N\} is close to that of a random sequence.Comment: Version 2: Fixed a small bug pointed out by Niclas Technau in the statement of section 3, and added references to few gaps in sequences of fractional parts suggested by Andrew Granvill

    Simple Wald tests of the fractional integration parameter : an overview of new results

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    This paper presents an overview of some new results regarding an easily implementable Wald test-statistic (EFDF test) of the null hypotheses that a time-series process is I(1) or I(0) against fractional I(d) alternatives, with d∈(0,1), allowing for unknown deterministic components and serial correlation in the error term. Specifically, we argue that the EFDF test has better power properties under fixed alternatives than other available tests for fractional roots, as well as analyze how to implement this test when the deterministic components or the long-memory parameter are subject to structural breaks

    Robust CUSUM-M test in the presence of long-memory disturbances

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    We derive the limiting null distribution of the robust CUSUM-M test and the recursive CUSUM-M test for structural change of the coefficients of a linear regression model with long-memory disturbances. It turns out that the asymptotic null distribution of the CUSUM-M statistic is a fractional Brownian Bridge and the asymptotic null distribution of the recursive CUSUM-M statistic is fractional Brownian motion

    Long-Range Dependence in Daily Interest Rate

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    We employ a number of parametric and non-parametric techniques to establish the existence of long-range dependence in daily interbank o er rates for four countries. We test for long memory using classical R=S analysis, variance-time plots and Lo's (1991) modi ed R=S statistic. In addition we estimate the fractional di erencing parameter using Whittle's (1951) maximum likelihood estimator and we shu e the data to destroy long and short memory in turn, and we repeat our non-parametric tests. From our non-parametric tests we And strong evidence of the presence of long memory in all four series independently of the chosen statistic. We nd evidence that supports the assertion of Willinger et al (1999) that Lo's statistic is biased towards non-rejection of the null hypothesis of no long-range dependence. The parametric estimation concurs with these results. Our results suggest that conventional tests for capital market integration and other similar hypotheses involving nominal interest rates should be treated with cautio

    Simple Wald tests of the fractional integration parameter : an overview of new results

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    This paper presents an overview of some new results regarding an easily implementable Wald test-statistic (EFDF test) of the null hypotheses that a time-series process is I(1) or I(0) against fractional I(d) alternatives, with d?(0,1), allowing for unknown deterministic components and serial correlation in the error term. Specifically, we argue that the EFDF test has better power properties under fixed alternatives than other available tests for fractional roots, as well as analyze how to implement this test when the deterministic components or the long-memory parameter are subject to structural breaks.Fractional processes, Deterministic components, Power, Structural breaks
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