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Seasonal differencing does not remove periodic variance

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Mathematics Area of mathematics Probability and statistics Time series Differencing Seasonal difference operator
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If Xt​=ct​εt​ with a deterministic periodic scale ct​=ct−S​ and strong white noise of variance σ2, then ΔS​Xt​=ct​(εt​−εt−S​). Its variance is 2σ2ct2​, still seasonal when ct2​ varies. A periodic scale model or variance standardization is more appropriate than blindly applying differencing.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / iii / Paper 208 / 3 / 3 / Solution
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