Varadhan Functions, Variances, and Means on Compact Riemannian Manifolds
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| author | Cao, Yueqi |
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| contents | Motivated by Varadhan's theorem, we introduce Varadhan functions, variances, and means on compact Riemannian manifolds as smooth approximations to their Fréchet counterparts. Given independent and identically distributed samples, we prove uniform laws of large numbers for their empirical versions. Furthermore, we prove central limit theorems for Varadhan functions and variances for each fixed $t\ge0$, and for Varadhan means for each fixed $t>0$. By studying small time asymptotics of gradients and Hessians of Varadhan functions, we build a strong connection to the central limit theorem for Fréchet means, without assumptions on the geometry of the cut locus. |
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| spellingShingle | Varadhan Functions, Variances, and Means on Compact Riemannian Manifolds Cao, Yueqi Probability Statistics Theory Methodology Motivated by Varadhan's theorem, we introduce Varadhan functions, variances, and means on compact Riemannian manifolds as smooth approximations to their Fréchet counterparts. Given independent and identically distributed samples, we prove uniform laws of large numbers for their empirical versions. Furthermore, we prove central limit theorems for Varadhan functions and variances for each fixed $t\ge0$, and for Varadhan means for each fixed $t>0$. By studying small time asymptotics of gradients and Hessians of Varadhan functions, we build a strong connection to the central limit theorem for Fréchet means, without assumptions on the geometry of the cut locus. |
| title | Varadhan Functions, Variances, and Means on Compact Riemannian Manifolds |
| topic | Probability Statistics Theory Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02832 |