Extreme value theory, ergodic theory and the boundary between short memory and long memory for stationary stable processes



The Annals of Probability

Extreme value theory, ergodic theory and the boundary between short memory and long memory for stationary stable processes

Gennady Samorodnitsky

Source: Ann. Probab. Volume 32, Number 2 (2004), 1438-1468.

Abstract

We study the partial maxima of stationary α-stable processes. We relate their asymptotic behavior to the ergodic theoretical properties of the flow. We observe a sharp change in the asymptotic behavior of the sequence of partial maxima as flow changes from being dissipative to being conservative, and argue that this may indicate a change from a short memory process to a long memory process.

Primary Subjects: 60G10, 37A40
Keywords: Stable process; stationary process; long memory; long range dependence; ergodic theory; maxima; extreme value theory; nonsingular flow; dissipative flow; conservative flow

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