Spearman's rho of extreme-value copulas #
For a Pickands dependence function A,
ρ(C_A) = 12 ∫₀¹ (A(t) + 1)⁻² dt - 3 (spearmanRho_pickandsCopula),
and hence ρ(C) = 12 ∫₀¹ (A_C(t) + 1)⁻² dt - 3 for every bivariate extreme-value copula
(IsExtremeValue.spearmanRho_eq).
Proof. With ρ = 12 ∬ C_A - 3, substitute, for fixed v ∈ (0,1), u = v^{1/t - 1}
(t = log v / log(uv) ∈ (0,1)), so that C_A(u,v) = v^{A(t)/t} and
du = (-log v) t⁻² v^{1/t - 1} dt. After exchanging the order of integration (Tonelli), the inner
integral is ∫₀¹ (-log v) v^{(A(t)+1)/t - 1} dv = t² / (A(t) + 1)², a Gamma integral
(substitute v = e^{-s}). All integrals are computed as lower Lebesgue integrals of nonnegative
functions, so no integrability bookkeeping is needed for the exchange.
References: G. Gudendorf and J. Segers, Extreme-value copulas (2010); W. Hürlimann, Hutchinson–Lai's conjecture for bivariate extreme value copulas (2003); P. Capéraà, A.-L. Fougères and C. Genest, A nonparametric estimation procedure for bivariate extreme value copulas (1997).
The Pickands CDF on (0,1)² as a function of two real variables.
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The integrand after the substitution x = y^{1/t - 1}.
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The inner Gamma integral ∫₀¹ (-log y) y^{b-1} dy · t⁻² = (A(t) + 1)⁻².
The double integral ∬ C_A = ∫₀¹ (A(t) + 1)⁻² dt, as a lower Lebesgue integral.
Spearman's rho of a Pickands copula: ρ(C_A) = 12 ∫₀¹ (A(t) + 1)⁻² dt - 3.
Spearman's rho of a bivariate extreme-value copula:
ρ(C) = 12 ∫₀¹ (A_C(t) + 1)⁻² dt - 3.