Universal optimality of the logarithmic coordinate for heavy tails

Let P\mathcal{P} be a distribution family on (0,)(0,\infty) whose members have power-law tails satisfying P(X>x)xαP(X>x)\sim x^{-\alpha} for some α>0\alpha>0. Let the logarithmic coordinate be ψ(x)=logx\psi(x)=\log x. Universal optimality conjecture. The coordinate ψ\psi is asymptotically optimal as the tail parameter α0\alpha\to0. The conjecture proposes a universal coordinate choice for increasingly heavy-tailed distribution families; the supplied source gives no evidence establishing or refuting it.

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Jocelyn Nembé, “Concentration of Measure under Diffeomorphism Groups: A Universal Framework with Optimal Coordinate Selection”, arXiv:2512.10075 (2025).

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