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A Talagrand inequality for the supremum of partial sums over function classes under dependence. (Reference request)
As a consequence to the Talagrand concentration inequality, it is well known that for a measurable space $(S,\mathcal{S})$ and an i.i.d. sample $X_1,...,X_n$ of $S$-valued random variables, if $\...
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Do almost all Gibbs' measures satisfy the weak-Poincare Inequality?
I am trying to interprete the discussion given in Section 3 of this paper,
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82217936.pdf
Lets suppose we restrict to considering Gibbs's measures of the form $\sim e^{-...
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Concentration of measure on spheres with respect to a unitary of trace approximately zero
Cross-posted from MSE, where it hasn’t received any answer yet:
This question arose out of my attempt to understand how a unitary of trace approximately zero acts on the unit sphere of a $n$-...
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Lipschitz-type inequalities for Markov kernels
Let $K(\cdot\mid\cdot)$ be a Markov kernel. For a measure probability $\mu$, denote by $\mu K$ the probability measure induced by $K$ and $\mu$, i.e. $(\mu K)(A):=\int_\Omega \mu(d\omega)K(A\mid\omega)...
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Concentration inequalities for random measures
For random variables $X_1,\dots,X_n$ with common mean $\mathbb{E}[X_i]=\mu$ and common bounds $a\leq X_i\leq b$, we have the very useful Hoeffding's inequality:
$$\mathbb{P}\left(\left|\mu -\frac1n\...
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Prove or disprove that $u=0$ a.e. on $\Bbb R^d$
Let $\Omega\subset\Bbb R^d$ be an open set. Let $k:\Bbb R^d\to [0,\infty)$ be measurable such that $0\in \operatorname{supp}k$. This implies that $\Omega\subset \Omega_k=\Omega+\operatorname{supp}k$. ...
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Convex ordering of measures that are obtained by different push-forwards of a same measure
Suppose that we have a probability measure $\rho$ which is supported on $\mathbb{R}^d$ and absolutely continuous w.r.t. the Lebesgue measure. Take two vector fields $F, G : \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \...
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Example where concentration of measure fails nontrivially
A metric probability space $(X, \mu, \rho)$, i.e., a complete separable metric space with a probability measure on its Borel sets, is said to satisfy (Gaussian) concentration of measure property if ...
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Concentration of sample covariance for dependent data
Let $X_1, \ldots, X_T$ are sub-Gaussian random vectors in $\mathbb{R}^d$ coming from a common distribution with population covariance $\Sigma$. If they are independent, it is known that the sample ...
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Hoeffding's inequality for vector valued random variables
Is there a version of Hoeffding's inequality for vector valued random variables?
This seems to be hard to find and I wonder why. I suppose it is difficult to show Hoeffding's lemma, since the proof ...
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Supremum of measure of sets of measure less or equal to 1/2.
Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space equipped with a probability measure $\mu$ (defined on the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on the topology induced by the metric $d$). I am interested in the different values that ...
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Concentration of norm of linearly transformed normal random vector as dimension go to infinity
Earlier asked on MSE, but didn't get an answer, so posting here:
Let $X=(X_1 \dots X_n) \in \mathbb{R}^n, X_i\sim N(0,1), iid.$ Let $B: \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n $ be the diagonal linear map: $...
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On the concentration of Lipschitz functions near its expectation, where the vector has identical but not independent, components
Consider the random vector $X:=(X_1\dots X_1) \in \mathbb{R}^n, X_1 \sim \mathcal{N}(0,1).$ Notice the identical components, they're identically distributed but not independent.
Now, I was wondering ...
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(Novel?) notion of concentration/dispersion
Consider the measurable space $(\Omega,\mathscr{B})$ endowed with two positive measures: a "volume $\nu$" and a probability measure $\mu$. For example, one might take $\Omega=\mathbb{R}^n$ (with the ...
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construction of a random measure with a given mean
Let me first pose a trivial question.
Given a Borel probability measure $\mu$ on the real line, is it possible to construct a purely atomic random measure $M$ whose mean is $\mu$?
The answer is ...
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Transportation-cost inequality for pushforward measure
Let $X=(X,d_X)$ and $Y=(X,d_Y)$ be metric spaces and $\varphi: X\rightarrow Y$ be an $L$-Lipschitz map, with $0 \le L < \infty$. Suppose $\mu$ is a probability measure on $X$ which satisfies ...
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Distance between two sample quantiles
Let $X_1,\dots X_n$ be i.i.d. samples from an unknown distribution. We know the distribution has uniformly bounded probability density function $f(x)$. Let $1>\tau_1>\tau_2>0$ be two quantile ...
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Violating the Lebesgue density theorem
Can anyone exhibit a finite-dimensional metric space (preferably, $R^d$) equipped with a measure that does not satisfy the conclusions of the Lebesgue Density Theorem? Such examples exist in infinite-...
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Good upper-bound for $\mathbb E_A[e^{-t\|A\|_2}]$, for $t\ge0$ and random m by n matrix with iid entries with law $N(0,1)$
Let $A$ be a random $m$-by-$n$ matrix with iid $N(0,1)$ entries, $m$ and $n$ large with $n/m \longrightarrow \alpha \in (0, 1)$ . Let $\|A\|_2$ be the largest singular value of $A$ (i.e the spectral ...
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What is the Wiener measure of the curves with Hölder index $\frac 1 2$?
One may show that the Wiener measure (for curves in $\mathbb R^n$) is concentrated on the Hölder-continuous curves of Hölder index $< \frac 1 2$. What happens to the curves of Hölder index ...
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A distribution which is Wasserstein-close to a compactly supported distribution is almost compactly supported
I wonder whether this is true: If a distribution is very close (in the Wassertein sense) to another distribution with compact support, then the former must put only tiny amount of mass outside a ...
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Does there exist a compactly supported integrable function with infinite Coulomb energy?
The title of the question pretty much says it all. I am looking for a function $f\in L^1(\Omega)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ is a bounded domain, such that
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E[f] = \iint\limits_{\Omega\...
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Capacity and measure
Fix $p\in [1, 2)$ and denote the $p$-capacity of a compact set $K$ as $p$-$\text{cap}(K)$, i.e.,
\begin{equation}
p\text{-cap}(K)\equiv\left\{\int_{\mathbb{R}^2}|D\varphi|^p\ \mathrm{d}x\ \Big|\ \...
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Local concentration of measure on Erdos-Rényi graph
Let $G_n=(V_n,E_n)$ be an Erdos-Rényi random graph, precisely the vertex set is $V_n=(1,\dots,n)$ and the edge set is $E_n=(ij\in\mathcal{P}_2(V_n)\ |\ \epsilon_{ij}=1)$ where $(\epsilon_{ij})_{ij}$ ...
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Weak convergence of the image of a weakly $L^1$ converging sequence
This is a follow-up on another question.
Can something be said about the image of a weakly converging sequence in $L^1$? More precisely
$u_k\ge 0$
$\|u_k\|_{L^1}=\int u_k=1$
$u_k$ converges to $u$ ...
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Weak convergence of the image of an $L^1$ converging sequence under a convex function
Suppose that $u_k$ is a sequence of $L^1$ functions defined on a compact $K\subset R^n$ and a function $f:[0, \infty)\to[0, \infty)$ with the following properties
$u_k\ge 0$
$\|u_k\|_{L^1}=\int u_k=1$...
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Large Deviations: Exponential decay in normed spaces
Let $(X_1,X_2,\cdots)$ be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables taking values in some general normed space $(V,||\cdot||)$. Denote $\mu=E[X_1]$ and $S_n=\frac{1}{n}[...
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