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A new proof of an old result by Pickands

J.M.P. Albin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Hyemi Choi, Chonbuk National University, Korea


Abstract
Let {ξ(t)}t∈ [0,h] be a stationary Gaussian process with covariance function r such that r(t) =1-C|t|α +o(|t|α) as t→0. We give a new and direct proof of a result originally obtained by Pickands, on the asymptotic behaviour as u → ∞ of the probability P{supt ∈ [0,h] ξ(t)>u } that the process ξ exceeds the level u . As a by-product, we obtain a new expression for Pickands constant Hα.


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Pages: 339-345

Published on: September 12, 2010


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