theorem
chebyshev_inequality
{Ω : Type u_1}
{m : MeasurableSpace Ω}
{μ : MeasureTheory.Measure Ω}
[MeasureTheory.IsFiniteMeasure μ]
{X : Ω → ℝ}
(hX : MeasureTheory.MemLp X 2 μ)
{a : ℝ}
(ha : 0 < a)
:
Chebyshev's inequality. If X has finite mean and variance, then for any
a > 0,
P{|X − E[X]| ≥ a} ≤ Var(X) / a².
The result is derived from Markov's inequality applied to (X − E[X])².