Geometric Approximation via the Equilibrium Distribution Transformation
Probability Seminar
Apr 21, 2010, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | 330 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Nathan Ross, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley (Speaker)
In this talk we will show how to use the equilibrium
distribution of an integer valued random variable to establish bounds on
the total variation distance to a geometric random variable. The key tool
is a new formulation of Stein's method in the spirit of the recent work of
Peköz and Röllin for exponential approximation. We will first
discuss the theorem and then apply it to obtain...