Two-moment criterion for normal convergence in a fixed eigenspace

Let k,l2k,l\geq 2 be distinct positive integers, and let {Xn}n1\{X_n\}_{n\geq 1} be a sequence of eigenfunctions lying in the same eigenspace of a Markov generator L\mathrm{\mathbf L} satisfying assumptions (a)--(b)--(c). Let NN(0,1)N\sim\mathcal{N}(0,1). Two-moment normality conjecture. As nn\to\infty, the following are equivalent: XnlawNX_n\stackrel{\mathrm{law}}{\longrightarrow}N; and

E[Xn2k]E[N2k]andE[Xn2l]E[N2l].\mathbb{E}[X_n^{2k}]\to\mathbb{E}[N^{2k}]\quad\text{and}\quad\mathbb{E}[X_n^{2l}]\to\mathbb{E}[N^{2l}].

The claim would generalize the Nualart--Peccati criterion by replacing convergence of a single suitable moment with convergence of two even moments. The paper exhibits several pairs (k,l)(k,l) for which the relevant polynomial decomposition has positive coefficients, but explicitly states that the general assertion could not be proved and may nevertheless be true.

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Ehsan Azmoodeh, Dominique Malicet, Guillaume Mijoule and Guillaume Poly, “Generalization of the Nualart-Peccati criterion”, arXiv:1305.6579 (2016).

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