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A Gaussian wavelet series at the Besov threshold
Example
Assume AC and countable choice. Fix and a periodic -regular orthonormal wavelet basis of consisting of a finite family of coarsest scaling functions and detail wavelets , where is finite and . Let and , over all these indices, be independent variables. For , define to be the set of with finite coefficient norm Take parameter and data spaces with their Borel sigma-algebras, the admissible truth set and forward domain , and the forward map . Set the coarsest scaling coefficients to zero and define The law of is a centered Borel Gaussian prior on . For each fixed , belongs to almost surely, but does not belong to the threshold space almost surely.
Example references
summable weighted Gaussian series converge in the selected Hilbert norm
the wavelet coefficient spaces are separable Hilbert spaces continuously included in
a prior requires full measure on its forward-map domain
the parameter and data spaces, admissible truth set, and forward map
is a real Hilbert space under countable choice
a standard normal has second moment 1 and fourth moment 3
independent identically distributed variables
an orthonormal basis has dense linear span
separability means an at most countable dense subset
continuous real-valued maps on Euclidean space are Borel measurable under countable choice
the strong law for IID square-integrable variables
Dashti and Stuart, §2.3, Theorems 2.5–2.6 and proofs, full text
Facts & Assumptions
Given: AC and countable choice; the stated periodic S-regular orthonormal wavelet basis of ; independent standard normal coefficients; and .
AC is required by the library's standard-normal and Borel Gaussian interfaces. The Axiom of Choice
Countable choice is used through the Hilbert-space, weighted coefficient-space, Gaussian-series, and continuous-map measurability results. The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Under countable choice, real with its integral pairing is a Hilbert space. with the integral pairing is a Hilbert space
Under countable choice, the weighted wavelet coefficient space is a separable real Hilbert space continuously included in , with the same wavelet family complete and orthogonal, of squared norms on the finite scaling family and on detail level . Weighted coefficient spaces form a Hilbert scale
Let be separable real Hilbert spaces with a continuous inclusion , and let be an orthonormal basis of that is complete and orthogonal in , with . For independent standard normals on one supplied probability space and nonnegative with , the series converges almost surely in and, under AC and countable choice, defines a centered Borel Gaussian whose covariance eigenvalues in the normalized basis are . Weighted Hilbert Gaussian series and prior regularity
A Borel probability is a prior on a forward domain only when it assigns that domain probability one. A Borel prior concentrated on a forward-map domain
Under AC, a standard normal has second moment and fourth moment , so its square has mean and variance . A normal variable has finite fourth moment
Applying a measurable map separately to an independent family preserves independence. Measurable coordinatewise functions preserve independence
A family is IID when its variables are mutually independent and have a common law. Identical distribution and IID families
For IID square-integrable real variables , almost surely. Iid finite variance strong law
Every continuous real function is Borel measurable under countable choice; in particular, is measurable. Continuous functions on Euclidean spaces are Borel measurable
A complete orthonormal basis has dense linear span. Orthonormal families, complete orthonormal systems and Hilbert bases
A topological space is separable when it has an at most countable dense subset. Separability: the existence of an at most countable dense subset
Verification
Given: The coefficient family, basis, parameter space, smoothness index, and axioms in the Example.
Let . By [F1] under countable choice [A2], it is a real Hilbert space. The complete basis [F10] has a countable index set, so its finite rational linear combinations form a countable set. Its finite real linear span is dense by [F10], and approximating each finite list of real coefficients by rationals makes the rational span dense as well. Hence is separable by [F11]. For the first application of [F3], take with the identity inclusion; the supplied wavelet family is a complete orthonormal basis in both spaces, so for every index. Enumerate the finite scaling family first and the detail wavelets by increasing and then , set on the scaling family, and set and retain on all indices. Then because . Apply [F3] under AC and countable choice [A1]–[A2] to obtain the Borel centered Gaussian limit in . The identity on is measurable and , so [F4] makes its law a prior on .
Enumerate the detail coefficients by increasing level and then by , write the corresponding standard normals as , and set . By [F9] under countable choice [A2], the square map is measurable. Since each has the same standard normal law, the have the same pushforward law under this map; [F6] preserves independence, so [F7] makes IID. By [F5] under AC [A1], their mean is and their variance is finite; [F8] gives almost surely for . For every , set . For , put , so . Since and as , the strong-law limits give almost surely for the same variables used in step 1.1.
Fix and take . By [F2], it is a separable real Hilbert space continuously included in , and the same wavelet family is complete and orthogonal in , with squared basis norms on the finite scaling family and on detail levels. The weighted eigenvalue sum is . Apply [F3] under AC and countable choice [A1]–[A2] to the same coefficients as in step 1.1; the partial wavelet sums converge almost surely in . Their limit is by step 1.1, and continuity of the inclusion makes the limit the same element. Hence almost surely for this fixed .
For each detail wavelet, its coordinate functional is continuous on ; after the term enters the partial sums, the coefficient is , so convergence in step 1.1 gives the same coefficient for . The scaling coefficients vanish by construction. Therefore . By step 2.1, almost surely, so the nonnegative series diverges and almost surely.
Depends on
- Inverse-problem models and solution classes
- Weighted Hilbert Gaussian series and prior regularity
- Weighted coefficient spaces form a Hilbert scale
- A Borel prior concentrated on a forward-map domain
- Centered Borel Gaussian random element on a separable Banach space
- Standard normal and normal laws
- The Axiom of Choice
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
- $L^2$ with the integral pairing is a Hilbert space
- A normal variable has finite fourth moment
- Iid finite variance strong law
- Identical distribution and IID families
- Measurable coordinatewise functions preserve independence
- Continuous functions on Euclidean spaces are Borel measurable
- Orthonormal families, complete orthonormal systems and Hilbert bases
- Separability: the existence of an at most countable dense subset
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Sources
- M. Dashti and A. M. Stuart, The Bayesian Approach to Inverse Problems (arXiv:1302.6989) (standard reference, not scraped)
- E. Giné and R. Nickl, Mathematical Foundations of Infinite-Dimensional Statistical Models (Cambridge University Press, 2016) (standard reference, not scraped)