Expectation of $XX.T$ vs Expectation of X * Expectation of X.T

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I need to understand what follows:

Given

  • $X \in \mathbb{R}^{T \times n_0}$
  • $W \in \mathbb{R}^{n_0 \times n} : W_{ij}\sim \mathbb{N(0, \frac{1}{n_0})} \space i.i.d.$
  • $\sigma : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ so that $\sigma(x) = max(0,x)$
  • $S = \sigma(XW)$ where $\sigma(\cdot)$ is applied element-wise

lets define the matrices

  • $K = \mathbb{E}_W[S^{}S^{T}]$
  • $H = \mathbb{E}_W[S]^{}\mathbb{E}_W[S]^{T}$

In general $K$ and $H$ are different. Anyway, what is the relationship between the matrices $K$ and $H$ ?

To me this question is related to the "expectation of variance VS variance of expectation" topic, but in this case there are two main differences: random matrices are involved and I'm considering $S^{}S^{T}$ istead of $S^{T}S^{}$.

(Optional: can you give me some references where these topics are explained at the beginner level).