2 papers
math.PR2026
Nearly sharp comparison results for sliced and max-sliced Wasserstein distances
Jonathan Niles-Weed, Jacob Shkrob
We prove new comparison results between the Wasserstein distance and its sliced and max-sliced counterparts. First, we show that the Hölder exponent~ obtained by Bob…
math.ST2026
An Empirical Bayes Perspective on Heteroskedastic Mean Estimation
Yanjun Han, Abhishek Shetty, Jacob Shkrob
Towards understanding the fundamental limits of estimation from data of varied quality, we study the problem of estimating a mean parameter from heteroskedastic Gaussian observatio…