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Stein risk identity for normal mean estimators (R(η,W+g(W))=m+Eη​(∥g(W)∥2+2divg(W)))

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For W∼Nm​(η,I), expand the squared estimation error and apply Gaussian integration by parts to each cross term. When g satisfies the integrability and boundary conditions needed for that identity, this gives the displayed formula. For g(w)=−aw/∥w∥2 and m>2, the origin singularity is integrable and the inner boundary term is O(εm−2), so the same identity applies by excision. Its divergence is −a(m−2)/∥w∥2, giving risk m+[a2−2a(m−2)]E∥W∥−2.

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