Regularity of center-outward distribution functions in non-convex domains

03/29/2023

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by   Eustasio del Barrio, et al.

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For a probability P in R^d its center outward distribution function F_±, introduced in Chernozhukov et al. (2017) and Hallin et al. (2021), is a new and successful concept of multivariate distribution function based on mass transportation theory. This work proves, for a probability P with density locally bounded away from zero and infinity in its support, the continuity of the center-outward map on the interior of the support of P and the continuity of its inverse, the quantile, Q_±. This relaxes the convexity assumption in del Barrio et al. (2020). Some important consequences of this continuity are Glivenko-Cantelli type theorems and characterisation of weak convergence by the stability of the center-outward map.