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Area of Science:

  • Statistical physics
  • Extreme value theory
  • Complex systems

Background:

  • Extreme value statistics (EVS) describes the probability of rare events.
  • Deviations from theoretical limit distributions occur with finite data sets.
  • Understanding these finite-size effects is crucial for accurate statistical modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and quantify deviations from limit distributions in EVS caused by finite data set sizes.
  • To introduce a renormalization method for analyzing these finite-size effects.
  • To explore the impact of data correlations on shape corrections.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a renormalization method for independent, identically distributed (iid) variables.
  • Analysis of universality classes in EVS based on finite-size convergence exponents.
  • Application and comparison with simulations for correlated systems (percolation, 1/f noise).

Main Results:

  • Finite-size effects subdivide iid universality classes based on a convergence exponent.
  • This exponent dictates the leading-order shape correction function.
  • The derived iid shape correction shows good agreement with simulations for subcritical percolation and low-frequency (alpha<1) noise.
  • For strongly correlated (alpha>1) 1/f noise, shape corrections are expressed using the limit distribution.

Conclusions:

  • Finite data set size introduces quantifiable corrections to extreme value statistics.
  • The convergence exponent offers a new way to classify universality classes in EVS.
  • The developed method provides accurate predictions for shape corrections in both iid and correlated systems.