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17. Influence function analysis<br />

• An analysis of more general functionals requires<br />

notions ak<strong>in</strong> to l<strong>in</strong>ear approximations <strong>in</strong> calculus.<br />

The preced<strong>in</strong>g gave the asymptotic theory<br />

for a l<strong>in</strong>ear functional, i.e. one such as ( )=<br />

[ ()] for which<br />

((1 − ) + ) =(1− )( )+()<br />

and we now need someth<strong>in</strong>g like a mean value<br />

theorem for functionals, so as to treat them as<br />

approximately l<strong>in</strong>ear.<br />

• Def<strong>in</strong>itions: The Kolmogorov distance between<br />

d.f.s and is<br />

( ) =sup<br />

<br />

| () − ()| (≤ 1)<br />

A functional is cont<strong>in</strong>uous at if<br />

( ) → 0 ⇒ ( ) → ( )<br />

(By Polya’s Theorem — 2.6.1 <strong>in</strong> text — if is<br />

<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>uous then ( ) → 0 ⇔ → .)

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