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A note on the regularity of optimal-transport-based center-outward distribution and quantile functions

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  • del Barrio, Eustasio
  • González-Sanz, Alberto
  • Hallin, Marc

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We provide sufficient conditions under which the center-outward distribution and quantile functions introduced in Chernozhukov et al. (2017) and Hallin (2017) are homeomorphisms, thereby extending a recent result by Figalli (2018). Our approach relies on Caffarelli’s classical regularity theory for the solutions of the Monge–Ampère equation, but has to deal with difficulties related with the unboundedness at the origin of the density of the spherical uniform reference measure. Our conditions are satisfied by probabilities on Euclidean space with a general (bounded or unbounded) convex support which are not covered by Figalli. We also provide some additional results about center-outward distribution and quantile functions, including the fact that quantile sets exhibit a limiting form of the so-called “lighthouse convexity” property.

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  • del Barrio, Eustasio & González-Sanz, Alberto & Hallin, Marc, 2020. "A note on the regularity of optimal-transport-based center-outward distribution and quantile functions," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jmvana:v:180:y:2020:i:c:s0047259x20302529
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2020.104671
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    2. Marc Hallin & Daniel Hlubinka & Šárka Hudecová, 2023. "Efficient Fully Distribution-Free Center-Outward Rank Tests for Multiple-Output Regression and MANOVA," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 118(543), pages 1923-1939, July.
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