On the minimisation of $L\sp p$ error in mode estimation
众数估计中 L^p 误差的最小化
We show that, for $L^p$ convergence of the mode of a nonparametric density estimator to the mode of an unknown probability density, finiteness of the pth moment of the underlying distribution is both necessary and sufficient. The basic requirement of existence of finite variance has been overlooked by statisticians, who have earlier considered mean square convergence of nonparametric mode estimators; they have focussed on mean squared error of the asymptotic distribution,…