From the GNZ identity to a Dyson–Schwinger cumulant hierarchy for point processes
The Georgii–Nguyen–Zessin identity induces a functional differential equation for the cumulant generating functional of a point process admitting a Papangelou conditional intensity. In generating-functional form, this equation takes the structure of a Dyson–Schwinger identity. For pairwise Gibbs point processes, the equation closes: insertion of a point acts as a deterministic shift of the source field. This yields a hierarchy for cumulant densities of all orders, expressing cumulants as differences between the original law and the laws induced by point insertion. The formulation is non-perturbative and provides exact recursion relations for cumulants.
Authors
- Daniel E. Clark
Institutions
- University of Southampton (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Statistics & Probability Letters
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2026.110850
- Primary Topic
- Point processes and geometric inequalities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00