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Optimal CLT error bounds in the second order Wasserstein metric via Stein's method for weakly dependent sequences

  • Yeor Hafouta
  • Juho Leppanen
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Abstract

We use Stein's method to prove general upper bounds on the second order Wasserstein distance in the CLT for general dependent partial sums SN=X1+… +XN. Then we use these estimates to provide optimal O(N−1/2) rates for a variety of chaotic dynamical systems and ϕ- and ψ-mixing sequences. Our results for ψ-mixing sequences are obtained under the fourth moment condition, which matches the best known results in the iid case. This is the first time that optimal CLT rates of any kind are obtained for unbounded weakly stationary variables under general mixing conditions. We then apply this result and obtain optimal CLT rates O((Var(SN))−1/2) for non-stationary ψ-mixing sequences without any growth rates on Var(SN). We also obtain close to optimal CLT rates for nonconventional sums and some classes of random dynamical systems with non-uniform decay of correlations

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@misc{hafouta2026optimal,
  title = {{Optimal CLT error bounds in the second order Wasserstein metric via Stein's method for weakly dependent sequences}},
  author = {Yeor Hafouta and Juho Leppanen},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.30352},
  eprint = {2610.30352},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30352},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Optimal CLT error bounds in the second order Wasserstein metric via Stein's method for weakly dependent sequences
AU  - Yeor Hafouta
AU  - Juho Leppanen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/21
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.30352
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30352
AB  - We use Stein's method to prove general upper bounds on the second order Wasserstein distance in the CLT for general dependent partial sums S_N=X_1+… +X_N. Then we use these estimates to provide optimal O(N^−1/2) rates for a variety of chaotic dynamical systems and ϕ- and ψ-mixing sequences. Our results for ψ-mixing sequences are obtained under the fourth moment condition, which matches the best known results in the iid case. This is the first time that optimal CLT rates of any kind are obtained for unbounded weakly stationary variables under general mixing conditions. We then apply this result and obtain optimal CLT rates O((Var(S_N))^−1/2) for non-stationary ψ-mixing sequences without any growth rates on Var(S_N). We also obtain close to optimal CLT rates for nonconventional sums and some classes of random dynamical systems with non-uniform decay of correlations
ER  -