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A massive Euclidean Gaussian generalized field exists
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice and let . Write for the smooth real-valued functions with finite seminorms for all , with the topology whose basic neighborhoods of impose finitely many inequalities with positive tolerances. Define ; this convention has inverse factor . For real set
For , the centered scalar normal law has density on ; is the point mass at zero. A finite real vector is centered jointly Gaussian with covariance matrix when has law for every . Let be the continuous real-linear dual of , and give it the cylinder -algebra generated by the evaluation maps . There is a probability measure on this cylinder -algebra, equivalently a measurable -valued random variable , such that every finite vector is centered jointly Gaussian and . The construction gives tempered-distribution samples on one common full-measure set; it makes no pointwise-sample-field or interaction-measure claim.
Statement references
Facts & Assumptions
Given: the Axiom of Choice, its countable-family consequence, , the real Schwartz test space, and the Fourier convention from the Statement.
The Axiom of Choice: every family of nonempty sets has a choice function.
The Axiom of Countable Choice (): every countable family of nonempty sets has a choice function; this is the countable-family instance of [A1].
Assuming the Axiom of Choice, Kolmogorov extension for arbitrary families of standard Borel coordinate spaces: under the Axiom of Choice, a consistent family of finite-dimensional probability laws on standard-Borel coordinate spaces has a unique probability law on the cylinder -algebra of the full product.
Anisotropic Hermite oscillator and quadratic form basis: under Countable Choice, for and there is a complete orthonormal product Hermite basis with oscillator eigenvalues .
Rapid Hermite coefficient decay for Schwartz functions: for this basis, every Schwartz test has weighted-square-summable Hermite coefficients of every polynomial order, and Parseval gives its unweighted coefficient norm.
Standard Borel spaces: the Borel measurable space of a Polish space is standard Borel; with its usual complete separable metric is such a space.
Euclidean Gaussian transform with the 2π normalization: the Gaussian integral normalizes to a probability measure.
Fubini's theorem for L^1 functions on a sigma-finite product: finite products of the Gaussian density have the stated lower-dimensional marginals after integrating out the other coordinates.
Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space: maps Schwartz space continuously and bijectively to itself, with inverse .
Parseval pairing on Schwartz space: for Schwartz functions, .
Fourier expansion in a Hilbert space: for a complete orthonormal family, the coefficient expansion converges in norm and Parseval's identity holds.
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs: for a square-summable family, , first for finite sums and then by limits.
Schwartz topology and convergence: the Schwartz topology is generated by finite intersections of positive-radius seminorm balls. The real test space has the induced real topology.
Uniqueness of a law from its characteristic function: under AC, two Borel probability laws on with the same characteristic function are equal.
Proof
Given: [A1]–[A2], , the suppliers [F1]–[F9], and real Schwartz tests on .
Let , enumerated by total degree and lexicographic order. For each finite , let have density on . [F5] makes these probability laws; integrating out coordinates with [F6] proves their consistency. Each coordinate space is standard Borel by [F4]. Applying [F1] with [A1] yields with its cylinder -algebra and a probability having these finite marginals. The coordinate variables are therefore independent standard normals.
For put . Since , is smooth, and every derivative is bounded: its derivatives are finite sums of polynomial factors divided by positive powers of , bounded near the origin and decaying at infinity. The product rule therefore shows multiplication by maps Schwartz space continuously to itself. Define . By [F8], is Schwartz; because is real and even, is real for real . Under the exact convention in the Statement, , and the change of variables gives .
For a finite initial segment of the fixed enumeration set . The density in [F5] is normalized, and integration by parts using gives . Hence : grouping in dyadic blocks bounds each block by , a summable geometric series. Markov's inequality, which follows from , gives . Since the events increase to , countable additivity gives ; letting integer shows on a common event of probability one.
For put . On , [F11] and [F3] give . Thus converges absolutely for every on the same event, is real-linear, and satisfies . The last quantity is a continuous Schwartz seminorm by [F3], so each sample is a tempered distribution. Set outside . Every evaluation is measurable as the almost-sure limit of measurable finite sums, hence is measurable for the cylinder -algebra.
The partial sums for converge in as well: independence, unit variance, and Parseval in [F10] make their squared tail equal to the corresponding tail of . For any finite real combination , a finite partial sum is a linear combination of independent standard normals, with characteristic function ; by [F10] its variance converges to . If in , then , so the limit has the centered normal characteristic function with that variance. For positive variance this is the characteristic function of the density defining , by [F5] and scaling; at zero variance it is the characteristic function of the point mass at zero. Applying [F13] to these Borel probability laws identifies the limit law. Hence the family is jointly Gaussian, centered, and .
Set . Each sample in is a continuous real-linear functional of because both and are continuous on Schwartz space; outside it is zero. Thus is a measurable -valued random variable for the cylinder -algebra. From step 4.1 its covariance is . Applying [F9] and changing variables gives . Since are real, and ; the substitution changes this to by step 1.2. The finite-dimensional distributions remain centered Gaussian by step 4.1 and linearity of .
Depends on
The Axiom of Choice
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Standard Borel spaces
Schwartz space and its seminorms
Schwartz topology and convergence
Uniqueness of a law from its characteristic function
Fourier transform on complex L1 classes
Euclidean Gaussian transform with the 2π normalization
Anisotropic Hermite oscillator and quadratic form basis
Rapid Hermite coefficient decay for Schwartz functions
Fubini's theorem for L^1 functions on a sigma-finite product
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for dependent pairs
Fourier expansion in a Hilbert space
Assuming the Axiom of Choice, Kolmogorov extension for arbitrary families of standard Borel coordinate spaces
Parseval pairing on Schwartz space
Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space
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Sources
- Bruce K. Driver, Probability Tools with Examples, §21.7, Theorem 21.68
- Charles Shalizi, Building Processes from Finite-Dimensional Distributions, §2.2, Theorem 29
- Gerald Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 2nd ed., §8.3
- Richard S. Laugesen, Spectral Theory of Partial Differential Equations, Chapter 3
- Gerald Teschl, Topics in Real and Functional Analysis, Theorem 14.10