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Concentration inequalities specialized for log-likelihood / log-density functions

Assume $X$ has density $f$ and put $Y=\log f(X)$. Then, to compute the moment-generating function of $Y$, we write $$ E e^{\lambda Y} =E e^{\lambda\log f(X)} =E[f(X)^{\lambda}] =\int_{-\infty}^\infty …
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