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Exact spherical-shell coordinate marginal and fixed-block Gaussian limit
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice as defined in The Axiom of Countable Choice (). Let , , and . Let be independent real random variables with common Lebesgue probability density ; its integral is one by the Gaussian integral in Gaussian, gamma and beta product integrals, and this is the standard-normal coordinate law. Set and define when , and when . The joint density of makes . The distribution of is rotationally invariant, meaning that for every orthogonal map and Borel set , . It is concentrated on the sphere in the precise sense that . Its first coordinates have Lebesgue density
and zero for . This density is integrable even when it diverges at the boundary. Also , for , and .
For fixed and , set and let through integers . If is bounded and Lipschitz in the Euclidean norm, meaning that finite constants satisfy and for all , then
This is a fixed-block bounded-Lipschitz test limit; it makes no claim uniform in or for unbounded test functions. If , the projection is singular on the sphere and the displayed Lebesgue density is not asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice , integers with and , radius , and the product probability law of independent coordinates with density .
Gaussian, gamma and beta product integrals: is finite for , , positive gamma densities with the same scale convolve by adding their shape parameters, and the Gaussian second and fourth moments are and for a standard normal coordinate.
A C^1 diffeomorphism satisfies the change-of-variables formula for nonnegative Lebesgue measurable functions: assuming , for a diffeomorphism between open subsets of Euclidean space and nonnegative Lebesgue-measurable on , the Lebesgue integral transforms by .
On Borel subsets of R^{m+n}, the product lambda_m times lambda_n agrees with lambda_{m+n}: assuming , product Lebesgue measure and Euclidean Lebesgue measure agree on Borel subsets of for positive integers .
Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product: for a nonnegative product-measurable function on a product of sigma-finite measure spaces, either order of integration agrees with the product integral.
The Axiom of Countable Choice (): says every sequence of nonempty sets has a choice function; it is the explicit set-theoretic hypothesis used by [F2].
Proof
Under Countable Choice [F5], the Borel product-measure identity [F3] and independence give the joint Lebesgue density . A singleton has Lebesgue measure zero, so almost surely. For any orthogonal and Borel , the map is a diffeomorphism with ; applying [F2] to and using gives . Since off the null event, the law of is invariant under every orthogonal map, and almost surely.
Write with and . The vectors are independent. On each open half-line and , the map is a diffeomorphism onto ; applying [F2] to the Gaussian density times the indicator of any Borel target set on each branch shows that each has density . Repeated gamma convolution from [F1] then shows has density for , where , independently of .
For fixed , the first coordinates range over . The inverse is . Its derivative has radial eigenvalue and tangential eigenvalues , hence Jacobian .
The map from to is a diffeomorphism, with inverse . Apply [F2] to the nonnegative joint density of and this diffeomorphism. The product Lebesgue measure on agrees with Euclidean Lebesgue measure on Borel sets by [F3], and Tonelli's theorem [F4] gives the marginal density by integration in . Substituting the Gaussian density of , the gamma density of , and the Jacobian from step 1.3 yields . The substitution evaluates the integral as . Since , simplification gives the displayed density. Its boundary singularity, when present, has exponent and is integrable in the radial variable; the pushforward construction shows total mass one. Because almost surely, the marginal has no boundary atom at .
Sign changes of one Gaussian coordinate show and for . Permutation invariance makes all equal, while almost surely; summing expectations gives .
For each finite , take the product Gaussian vector in that dimension and set . By [F1] and independence, , , and . Fix and . On , and the identity gives ; hence . If is bounded Lipschitz with bound and Lipschitz constant , then and imply . Therefore . Choose large, then small, then large. The right side becomes arbitrarily small, proving the stated test convergence without assuming independence between and .
Remarks
This is a specified rotational Gaussian-direction preparation. It is not a general coarea formula, a proof that every energy-shell measure has this marginal, or a dynamical equilibration result.
Depends on
Gaussian, gamma and beta product integrals
A C^1 diffeomorphism satisfies the change-of-variables formula for nonnegative Lebesgue measurable functions
Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product
On Borel subsets of R^{m+n}, the product lambda_m times lambda_n agrees with lambda_{m+n}
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()