Independence of Gaussian random variables #
In this file we prove some results linking Gaussian random variables and independence. It is
a well known fact that if (X, Y) is Gaussian, then X and Y are independent if their covariance
is zero. We prove many versions of this theorem in different settings: in Banach spaces,
Hilbert spaces, and for families of real random variables.
We also prove that independent Gaussian random variables are jointly Gaussian.
Main statements #
iIndepFun.hasGaussianLaw: Independent Gaussian random variables are jointly Gaussian, indexed version.IndepFun.hasGaussianLaw: Independent Gaussian random variables are jointly Gaussian, product version.HasGaussianLaw.iIndepFun_of_covariance_eq_zero: If $(X_i)_{i \in \iota}$ are jointly Gaussian, then they are independent if for all $i \ne j$, \mathrm{Cov}(X_i, X_j) = 0$.HasGaussianLaw.indepFun_of_covariance_eq_zero: If $(X, Y)$ is Gaussian, then $X$ and $Y$ are independent if $\mathrm{Cov}(X, Y) = 0$.
Tags #
Gaussian random variable
Independent Gaussian random variables are jointly Gaussian.
If $(X_i)_{i \in \iota}$ are jointly Gaussian and uncorrelated, then they are independent.
If $(X_i)_{i \in \iota}$ are jointly Gaussian and uncorrelated, then they are independent.
If $((X_{i,j})_{j \in \kappa_i})_{i \in \iota}$ are jointly Gaussian, then they are independent if for all $i_1 \ne i_2 \in \iota$ and for all $j_1 \in \kappa_{i_1}, j_2 \in \kappa_{i_2}$, $\mathrm{Cov}(X_{i_1, j_1}, X_{i_2, j_2}) = 0$.
If $(X_i)_{i \in \iota}$ are jointly Gaussian, then they are independent if for all $i \ne j$, \mathrm{Cov}(X_i, X_j) = 0$.
Independent Gaussian random variables are jointly Gaussian.
If $(X, Y)$ is Gaussian, then $X$ and $Y$ are independent if they are uncorrelated.
If $(X, Y)$ is Gaussian, then $X$ and $Y$ are independent if they are uncorrelated.
If $((X_i)_{i \in \iota}, (Y_j)_{j \in \kappa})$ is Gaussian, then $(X_i)_{i \in \iota}$ and $(Y_j)_{j \in \kappa}$ are independent if for all $i \in \iota, j \in \kappa$, $\mathrm{Cov}(X_i, Y_j) = 0$.
If $(X, Y)$ is Gaussian, then $X$ and $Y$ are independent if $\mathrm{Cov}(X, Y) = 0$.
If X and Y are two Gaussian random variables such that X and Y - X are independent,
then Y - X is Gaussian.
This lemma is useful to prove that a process with independent increments and whose marginals are Gaussian has Gaussian increments.