Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 225 4 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let be the Hilbert-Schmidt operator with kernel , so the function-on-function linear model is . Independence and centering give . Letand define the functional principal component scoresThe cross-covariance operator identity gives, for every ,
Since is centered, the requested integrated variance is . Applying the Karhunen–Loève expansion to and the Parseval identity in the basis yieldsEquivalently, if , the expression is .