Sharp upper bounds for the Schweizer–Wolff σ and Hoeffding's Φ² #
Nelsen, An Introduction to Copulas, 2nd ed., §5.3.1: the normalized L¹ and L² distances to
independence satisfy σ(C) ≤ 1 and Φ²(C) ≤ 1, with equality if and only if C = M or
C = W. The uniform version satisfies κ(C) ≤ 1 with equality if and only if |β(C)| = 1.
The proof works sectionwise. For fixed v, the section F(u) = C(u,v) - uv is the primitive of
the mean-zero function ∂₁C(·,v) - v. By the primitive comparison lemma
(Copula.Rearrangement.PrimitiveIntegral), ∫ |F| ≤ ∫ G and ∫ F² ≤ ∫ G² where
G(u) = C↑(u,v) - uv is the section of the SI rearrangement C↑ (upRearr), and the
inequalities are strict when F changes sign. Since Π ≤ C↑ ≤ M, 0 ≤ G ≤ M - Π, which gives
σ(C) ≤ σ(C↑) ≤ σ(M) = 1 and Φ²(C) ≤ Φ²(C↑) ≤ Φ²(M) = 1. In the equality case almost every
section has constant sign and coincides with the section of M (nonnegative case) or of W
(nonpositive case); the two cases cannot both occur for sections in (0,1), and continuity
in v gives C = M or C = W.
Auxiliary facts on the unit interval #
A parametric integral of a jointly continuous function is integrable in the parameter.
Two continuous functions a ≤ b on the unit interval with equal integrals coincide.
Sections and the SI rearrangement #
Sectionwise comparison with the Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds #
The section of u v - W(u,v) is the reflected section of M(u,v) - u v.
For a function φ of the deviation, reflecting the first coordinate of the section of
M - Π does not change its integral.
If a monotone, sign-invariant, injective-on-[0,∞) function φ of a constant-sign
section of C - Π has the same integral as that of M - Π, then the section is the
section of M or of W.
A section of M in (0,1) and a section of W in (0,1) cannot belong to the same
copula.
If almost every v-section of C is a section of M or of W, then C = M or
C = W.
The Schweizer–Wolff σ #
The Schweizer–Wolff measure is dominated by that of the SI rearrangement,
σ(C) ≤ σ(C↑) = ρ(C↑).
The Schweizer–Wolff measure is at most one (Nelsen §5.3.1).
σ(C) = 1 if and only if C is one of the Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds (Nelsen §5.3.1).
Hoeffding's Φ² #
Sectionwise, the L² deviation of C from Π is dominated by that of M.
Hoeffding's Φ² is dominated by that of the SI rearrangement.
Hoeffding's Φ² is at most one (Nelsen §5.3.1).
A section with the maximal L² deviation has constant sign.
Φ²(C) = 1 if and only if C is one of the Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds (Nelsen §5.3.1).
The uniform distance κ #
κ(C) = 1 if and only if |β(C)| = 1, where β is Blomqvist's beta.