A scalar product for copulas
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2008-05-15T09:16:00Z
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We introduce a scalar product for n-dimensional copulas, based on the Sobolev scalar product for W^1,2-functions. The corresponding norm has quite remarkable properties and provides a new, geometric framework for copulas. We show that, in
the bivariate case, it measures invertibility properties of copulas with respect to the *-operation introduced by Darsow et al. (1992). The unique copula of minimal norm is the null element for the *-operation, whereas the copulas of maximal norm are
precisely the invertible elements.
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Copula, Scalar product, Sobolev space