Kendall distribution functions of Archimedean copulas #
Restatement of Nelsen, An Introduction to Copulas, second edition, Theorem 4.3.4 for the
library's Kendall distribution function Copula.kendallCDF (K_C(t) = P(C(U) ≤ t)):
for a generator with continuously differentiable inverse generator,
K_C(t) = t − φ(t) ψ'(φ(t)) = t − φ(t)/φ'(t) on (0, 1]
(BivariateGenerator.IsC1.kendallCDF_eq, BivariateGenerator.IsC1.kendallCDF_eq_deriv).
At zero:
K_C(0) = 0for every strict generator (BivariateGenerator.IsStrict.kendallCDF_zero): the zero set ofCis the boundary{u = 0} ∪ {v = 0}, a null set;- Nelsen, Theorem 4.3.3: the mass of the zero set
{C = 0}isK_C(0) = −lim_{t → 0+} φ(t)/φ'(t) = −φ(0)/φ'(0⁺)(BivariateGenerator.IsC1.kendallCDF_zero,BivariateGenerator.IsC1.measureReal_cdf_eq_zero), by right continuity ofK_C; - instances:
Wputs all its mass on the zero set (kendallCDF_zero_countermonotonic), and Nelsen's family 4.2.2 puts mass1/θthere (kendallCDF_zero_nelsen2).
Nelsen, Theorem 4.3.4, for Copula.kendallCDF.
Nelsen, Theorem 4.3.4 in the form K_C(t) = t − φ(t)/φ'(t), 0 < t < 1.
For a strict generator the Kendall distribution has no atom at zero.
Nelsen, Theorem 4.3.3: for a C¹ generator, K_C(0) = −lim_{t → 0+} φ(t) ψ'(φ(t)),
i.e. −φ(0)/φ'(0⁺), whenever this limit exists.
Nelsen, Theorem 4.3.3: the C-measure of the zero set {C = 0} is
−lim_{t → 0+} φ(t) ψ'(φ(t)) = −φ(0)/φ'(0⁺).
The lower Fréchet bound W concentrates on its zero set: K_W(0) = 1.
Nelsen's family 4.2.2 puts mass 1/θ on its zero set.