Exact earth mover's correlation formula for bivariate normal variables

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Let (X,Y)(X,Y) be bivariate normal random variables, and write ϱ(X,Y)=ϱ\varrho(X,Y)=\varrho for their correlation. The bivariate normal earth mover's correlation conjecture. One has

eCor(X,Y)=[1−1−ϱ2 ]1/2.\mathop{\mathrm{eCor}}(X,Y)=\left[1-\sqrt{1-\varrho^2}\,\right]^{1/2}.

The preceding theorem proves the corresponding upper bound, while this conjecture asserts that the bound is attained. Its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Tamás F. Móri and Gábor J. Székely, “The Earth Mover's Correlation”, arXiv:2009.04313 (2020).

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