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A Note on Bernstein's Bivariate Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

K. Mullen
K. Mullen*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont. NIG 2W1
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An upper bound for P[Σ Xi≥tσ, Σ Yi ≥ tσ], where (Xi, Yi), i = 1, 2, …, n are bounded independent random variables, was given by Mullen (1973). An improvement to the bound is possible without further assumptions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , 01 September 1979 , pp. 371 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1979

References

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3. Mullen, K., (1973), Bernstein's Inequality in the Bivariate Case. Can. Math. Bull 16, 83-86.Google Scholar