A central limit theorem on the space of positive definite symmetric matrices

Piotr Graczyk

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1992)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 4, page 857-874
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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A central limit theorem is proved on the space 𝒫 n of positive definite symmetric matrices. To do this, some natural analogs of the mean and dispersion on 𝒫 n are defined and investigated. One uses a Taylor expansion of the spherical functions on 𝒫 n .

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Graczyk, Piotr. "A central limit theorem on the space of positive definite symmetric matrices." Annales de l'institut Fourier 42.4 (1992): 857-874. <http://eudml.org/doc/74976>.

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