Exact lower and upper bounds for shifts of Gaussian measures

Abstract

Exact upper and lower bounds on the ratio $\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X}-\mathbf{v})/\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X})$ for a centered Gaussian random vector $\mathbf{X}$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, as well as bounds on the rate of change of $\mathsf{E}w(\mathbf{X}-t\mathbf{v})$ in $t$, where $w:{\mathbb{R}}^n\to [0,\infty )$ is any even unimodal function and $\mathbf{v}$ is any vector in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. As a corollary of such results, exact upper and lower bounds on the power function of statistical tests for the mean of a multivariate normal distribution are given.

arXiv comment10 pages; to appear in Theory of Probability and Its Applications