Helper: Integrable for sup' over a nonempty finset of integrable functions.
If X is sub-Gaussian, then -X is sub-Gaussian with the same variance proxy.
Part (2): Upper tail probability bound for the maximum #
Theorem 1.14, Part (2): Upper tail probability bound for the maximum. For X₁,...,X_N sub-Gaussian with variance proxy σ² and t > 0: P(max_{1≤i≤N} Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))
Proof: By union bound, P(∃ i, Xᵢ > t) ≤ Σᵢ P(Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) via Lemma 1.3.
Alias of subGaussian_max_upper_tail_prob.
Theorem 1.14, Part (2): Upper tail probability bound for the maximum. For X₁,...,X_N sub-Gaussian with variance proxy σ² and t > 0: P(max_{1≤i≤N} Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))
Proof: By union bound, P(∃ i, Xᵢ > t) ≤ Σᵢ P(Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) via Lemma 1.3.
Alias of subGaussian_max_upper_tail_prob.
Theorem 1.14, Part (2): Upper tail probability bound for the maximum. For X₁,...,X_N sub-Gaussian with variance proxy σ² and t > 0: P(max_{1≤i≤N} Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))
Proof: By union bound, P(∃ i, Xᵢ > t) ≤ Σᵢ P(Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) via Lemma 1.3.
Part (4): Absolute value tail probability bound for the maximum #
Theorem 1.14, Part (4): Absolute value tail probability bound for the maximum. For X₁,...,X_N sub-Gaussian with variance proxy σ² and t > 0: P(max_{1≤i≤N} |Xᵢ| > t) ≤ 2N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))
Proof: {∃ i, |Xᵢ| > t} ⊆ {∃ i, Xᵢ > t} ∪ {∃ i, Xᵢ < -t}. Each part is bounded by N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) via Lemma 1.3 and the union bound.
Alias of subGaussian_max_abs_tail_prob.
Theorem 1.14, Part (4): Absolute value tail probability bound for the maximum. For X₁,...,X_N sub-Gaussian with variance proxy σ² and t > 0: P(max_{1≤i≤N} |Xᵢ| > t) ≤ 2N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))
Proof: {∃ i, |Xᵢ| > t} ⊆ {∃ i, Xᵢ > t} ∪ {∃ i, Xᵢ < -t}. Each part is bounded by N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) via Lemma 1.3 and the union bound.
Part (1): Expectation bound for the maximum (parametric form) #
Theorem 1.14, Part (1) – parametric form. For all s > 0: E[max Xᵢ] ≤ log(N)/s + σ²·s/2. The closed-form σ√(2 log N) is obtained by choosing s = √(2 log N)/σ.
Alias of subGaussian_max_expectation_parametric.
Theorem 1.14, Part (1) – parametric form. For all s > 0: E[max Xᵢ] ≤ log(N)/s + σ²·s/2. The closed-form σ√(2 log N) is obtained by choosing s = √(2 log N)/σ.
Theorem 1.14, Part (1) – closed form. E[max_{1≤i≤N} Xᵢ] ≤ σ√(2 log N), obtained from the parametric form by choosing s = √(2 log N) / σ. Requires σ > 0 and N ≥ 2.
Part (3): Expectation bound for the absolute maximum (parametric form) #
Theorem 1.14, Part (3) – parametric form. For all s > 0: E[max |Xᵢ|] ≤ log(2N)/s + σ²·s/2.
Alias of subGaussian_max_abs_expectation_parametric.
Theorem 1.14, Part (3) – parametric form. For all s > 0: E[max |Xᵢ|] ≤ log(2N)/s + σ²·s/2.
Theorem 1.14, Part (3) – closed form. E[max_{1≤i≤N} |Xᵢ|] ≤ σ√(2 log(2N)), obtained from the parametric form by choosing s = √(2 log(2N)) / σ. Requires σ > 0 and N ≥ 1.
Combined Theorem 1.14 #
Theorem 1.14 (Sub-Gaussian Maximal Inequalities). Let X₁,...,X_N be random variables with Xᵢ ~ subG(σ²). Then all four bounds hold: (1) E[max Xᵢ] ≤ σ√(2 log N) (2) P(max Xᵢ > t) ≤ N · exp(-t²/(2σ²)) (3) E[max |Xᵢ|] ≤ σ√(2 log(2N)) (4) P(max |Xᵢ| > t) ≤ 2N · exp(-t²/(2σ²))