Thursday March 23rd, 2023 | |
Time: | 4:30 PM |
Title: | Sets that Support a Joint Distribution |
Speaker: | Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College |
Location: | SCGP 102 |
Abstract: | |
Given a closed set on the plane and two probability distributions on the real line, when are there random variables with the given distributions whose joint distribution is the given set? We consider both discrete and continuous distributions; in the latter case, the problem is equivalent to asking which sets in the unit square can support a permuton. Joint work (in progress) with Chris Coscia and Martin Tassy. |