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Minimaxity of the usual multivariate normal mean estimator

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For X∼Np​(θ,Ip​) under quadratic loss, the estimator δ0​(X)=X has constant risk p and is minimax. Gaussian priors Np​(0,c2Ip​) have Bayes risks pc2/(1+c2), which tend to p and therefore give the matching minimax lower bound.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / ii / Paper 2 / 28K / d / Solution

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