Expansions for Repeated Integrals of Products with Applications to the Multivariate Normal

Christopher S. Withers; Saralees Nadarajah

ESAIM: Probability and Statistics (2011)

  • Volume: 15, page 340-357
  • ISSN: 1292-8100

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We extend Leibniz' rule for repeated derivatives of a product to multivariate integrals of a product. As an application we obtain expansions for P(a < Y < b) for Y ~ Np(0,V) and for repeated integrals of the density of Y. When V−1y > 0 in R3 the expansion for P(Y < y) reduces to one given by [H. Ruben J. Res. Nat. Bureau Stand. B 68 (1964) 3–11]. in terms of the moments of Np(0,V−1). This is shown to be a special case of an expansion in terms of the multivariate Hermite polynomials. These are given explicitly.

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Withers, Christopher S., and Nadarajah, Saralees. "Expansions for Repeated Integrals of Products with Applications to the Multivariate Normal." ESAIM: Probability and Statistics 15 (2011): 340-357. <http://eudml.org/doc/277137>.

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abstract = {We extend Leibniz' rule for repeated derivatives of a product to multivariate integrals of a product. As an application we obtain expansions for P(a &lt; Y &lt; b) for Y ~ Np(0,V) and for repeated integrals of the density of Y. When V−1y &gt; 0 in R3 the expansion for P(Y &lt; y) reduces to one given by [H. Ruben J. Res. Nat. Bureau Stand. B 68 (1964) 3–11]. in terms of the moments of Np(0,V−1). This is shown to be a special case of an expansion in terms of the multivariate Hermite polynomials. These are given explicitly.},
author = {Withers, Christopher S., Nadarajah, Saralees},
journal = {ESAIM: Probability and Statistics},
keywords = {asymptotic expansion; Leibniz' rule; repeated integrals of products; multivariate Hermite polynomials; multivariate normal; Leibniz rule},
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title = {Expansions for Repeated Integrals of Products with Applications to the Multivariate Normal},
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