Auxiliary lemmas #
Part 1: Moment bound from exponential tail decay (Bochner integral formulation) #
The proof uses the layer cake formula as a hypothesis: E[|X|^k] ≤ k · 2 · ∫₀^∞ t^{k-1} · exp(-2t/λ) dt
Then evaluates the integral using Γ function and bounds the result.
Part 1b: Moment bound (lintegral formulation) #
The full measure-theoretic statement using ∫⁻ and the layer cake formula.
Part 2: Moment root bound #
Part 3: MGF bound #
Part 3b: MGF bound (measure-theoretic statement) #
This states Part 3 as an actual integral inequality over the probability space,
using the centered hypothesis E[X] = 0 (which eliminates the k=1 Taylor term).
The proof connects the Taylor expansion of the MGF to the moment bounds via
dominated convergence (using integral_tsum for the interchange of sum and integral).
For a centered random variable X with sub-exponential moments (from the tail bound), and for s > 0 with s ≤ 1/(2λ), the MGF integral satisfies: E[exp(sX)] ≤ 1 + Σ_{k≥2} (sλ)^k
The proof: (1) Taylor-expands exp(sX) = 1 + sX + Σ_{k≥2} (sX)^k/k!,
(2) uses integral_tsum (dominated convergence) to interchange sum and integral,
(3) uses the centered hypothesis E[X] = 0 to eliminate the k=1 term, and
(4) bounds E[|X|^k]/k! ≤ λ^k from the moment bound E[|X|^k] ≤ λ^k k!.
Helper: MGF bound for s > 0, proved using the Taylor-DCT bound and the geometric tail bound.
Lemma 1.10 Part (iii) (measure-theoretic MGF bound). For a centered random variable X with sub-exponential tail P(|X| > t) ≤ 2exp(-2t/λ), we have E[exp(sX)] ≤ exp(2s²λ²) for all |s| ≤ 1/(2λ).
Proof outline. Taylor-expand exp(sX) = 1 + sX + Σ_{k≥2} (sX)^k/k!.
By dominated convergence (proved via mgf_taylor_dct_bound), the integral
commutes with the sum. The k=1 term vanishes since E[X] = 0. For k ≥ 2, bound
E[|X|^k]/k! ≤ λ^k, giving E[exp(sX)] ≤ 1 + Σ_{k≥2}(sλ)^k ≤ 1 + 2(sλ)² ≤ exp(2s²λ²).
The case s < 0 is handled by symmetry (replace X by -X); s = 0 is trivial.
Unified Lemma 1.10 #
Combines all three parts into a single theorem with proper probabilistic hypotheses, including the centered condition E[X] = 0.
Lemma 1.10 (unified). Let X be a centered random variable with sub-Gaussian tail P(|X| > t) ≤ 2exp(-2t/λ). Then:
- E[|X|^k] ≤ λ^k · k!
- (E[|X|^k])^{1/k} ≤ 2λk
- E[exp(sX)] ≤ exp(2s²λ²) for |s| ≤ 1/(2λ)