Comparison for upper tail probabilities of random series

preprint2013arXivOpen access

Abstract

Let {ξn}\{ξ_n\} be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables. In this paper we study the comparison for two upper tail probabilities P{∑n=1∞an∣ξn∣p≥r}\mathbb{P}\{\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n|ξ_n|^p\geq r\} and P{∑n=1∞bn∣ξn∣p≥r}\mathbb{P}\{\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}b_n|ξ_n|^p\geq r\} as r→∞r\rightarrow\infty with two different real series {an}\{a_n\} and {bn}.\{b_n\}. The first result is for Gaussian random variables {ξn},\{ξ_n\}, and in this case these two probabilities are equivalent after suitable scaling. The second result is for more general random variables, thus a weaker form of equivalence (namely, logarithmic level) is proved.

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