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Causally minimal nonfaithful Gaussian model

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Let E1​,E2​,E3​ be independent random variables with the standard normal distribution and set Z1​=E1​, Z2​=Z1​+E2​, Z3​=Z2​−Z1​+E3​. The complete acyclic graph with edges 1→2, 1→3, 2→3 is causally minimal: deleting each edge imposes a false marginal or conditional independence. Yet Z1​⊥Z3​ because Z3​=E2​+E3​, so faithfulness of a directed acyclic graph fails. Nonzero structural coefficients alone do not ensure faithfulness.

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