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How to prove symmetry of a Uniform kernel?
I am trying to prove this kernel is valid,
$$
K(x) = \frac{1}{2}I(-1 < x < 1)
$$
So far I can integrate to 1, but how do I prove $$k(x) = k(-x)$$
Also, how do we satisfy that k(x) is $\ge$ 0 for ...
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Density plot with epanechnikov with exceedance data
I'm trying to replicate empirical density plot from the paper "Computing Maximum Likelihood Estimates for the Generalized Pareto Distribution".
The data is ...
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Density Function Estimation
Given a sample of $n$ observations, which are assumed to be $i.i.d.$ and generated from a continuous probability law. Consider the question of estimating the density function $f(x)$. There are two ...