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Bernstein's Inequality in the Bivariate Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Kenneth Mullen*
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario
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If (Xl, X2,…, Xn), is a set of n independent random variables, such that EXi=0, Var and if t is a real positive number and , then Bernstein [2] has given an upper bound for Pr when the X's are bounded. The best English language discussion of Bernstein's work is probably by Bennett [1].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

References

1. Bennett, George, Probability inequalities for the sum of independent random variables, J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 57 (1962), 3345.Google Scholar
2. Bernstein, S., Sur une modification de V’inéqualité de Tchebichef (in Russian, French Summary), Ann. Sci. Inst. Sew. Ukraine Sect. Math. I, 1924.Google Scholar