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The covariance of the linearization is
Statement
Let , let be open, let , and let be Borel measurable and totally differentiable at with total derivative (The total (Fréchet) derivative as the linear first-order approximation with remainder, A measurable function between measurable spaces); for instance this holds when is on , since continuous maps have Borel preimages of Borel sets (A continuous map has Borel preimages of Borel sets). Let be a random element with values in , square-integrable with mean vector and covariance matrix (Mean vector and covariance matrix of a square-integrable random vector), and define the linearization Then is a random element of , its mean vector is and its covariance matrix is where, in the one-based statistical coordinate notation of Mean vector and covariance matrix of a square-integrable random vector, and is the matrix product of Matrix multiplication is associative, unital, distributive, and compatible with scalar multiplication in the matrix space of The vector space of by matrices over a field, with entrywise operations.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Objects and hypotheses as in the Statement, with the Jacobian matrix of at , so for .
The coordinates satisfy , the differences are square-integrable and integrable, and is a finite real number. (Mean vector and covariance matrix of a square-integrable random vector)
For integrable random variables and scalars , ; if almost surely then ; and . In particular for square-integrable . (Linearity, monotonicity, and the modulus bound for expectation, Variance and covariance identities for random variables)
Covariance is symmetric and bilinear on finite linear combinations of square-integrable real random variables: for finite families , and real scalars, , and covariance with a constant is zero. (Variance and covariance identities for random variables)
Each coordinate projection on is continuous, hence has Borel preimages of Borel sets; finite sums and scalar multiples of measurable real-valued functions are measurable, and a map into is measurable exactly when its coordinates are. (A continuous map has Borel preimages of Borel sets, Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral, A map into is measurable exactly when its coordinates are measurable)
For vectors in a real inner-product space, . (Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs)
Proof
For each , the coordinate projections on are continuous, so the affine function is Borel by [L4]; composition with makes measurable, and coordinatewise measurability gives that is a random element of . By [L1] and [L6], so the linear part is square-integrable; since , adding the finite constant shows is square-integrable as well.
For each , [L2] and give , so .
Fix . By step 2.1, and likewise with in place of . The identity of [L2] and the finite linearity of expectation give the expectations being finite by [L1]; equivalently, covariance is bilinear on the finite combinations by [L3].
By [L5], for every ; with steps 2.1 and 3.1 this proves and .
Remarks
The formula is exact for the affine map ; it is a statement about , not about , unless a remainder hypothesis controls the difference (Mean, mean-square and covariance bounds for second-order linearization error).
Depends on
Linearity, monotonicity, and the modulus bound for expectation
Mean vector and covariance matrix of a square-integrable random vector
The Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives and the gradient in the scalar-valued case
The vector space of by matrices over a field, with entrywise operations
A measurable function between measurable spaces
Random elements and real random variables
The total (Fréchet) derivative as the linear first-order approximation with remainder
Variance and covariance identities for random variables
Closure properties of measurable functions used by the integral
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs
A continuous map has Borel preimages of Borel sets
A map into is measurable exactly when its coordinates are measurable
Matrix multiplication is associative, unital, distributive, and compatible with scalar multiplication
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Sources
- JCGM 100:2008, Evaluation of measurement data — Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (BIPM), clauses 5.1.2 and 5.2.2, equations (10) and (13): the law of propagation of uncertainty
- B. N. Taylor and C. E. Kuyatt, Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results, NIST Technical Note 1297 (1994), Appendix A, equation (A-3)