Inequalities for sums of random variables in noncommutative probability spaces

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Abstract

In this paper, we establish an extension of a noncommutative Bennett inequality with a parameter 1≤r≤21\leq r\leq2 and use it together with some noncommutative techniques to establish a Rosenthal inequality. We also present a noncommutative Hoeffding inequality as follows: Let (M,τ)(\mathfrak{M}, τ) be a noncommutative probability space, N\mathfrak{N} be a von Neumann subalgebra of M\mathfrak{M} with the corresponding conditional expectation EN\mathcal{E}_{\mathfrak{N}} and let subalgebras N⊆Aj⊆M  (j=1,⋯ ,n)\mathfrak{N}\subseteq\mathfrak{A}_j\subseteq\mathfrak{M}\,\,(j=1, \cdots, n) be successively independent over N\mathfrak{N}. Let xj∈Ajx_j\in\mathfrak{A}_j be self-adjoint such that aj≤xj≤bja_j\leq x_j\leq b_j for some real numbers aj<bja_j<b_j and EN(xj)=μ\mathcal{E}_{\mathfrak{N}}(x_j)=μ for some μ≥0μ\geq 0 and all 1≤j≤n1\leq j\leq n. Then for any t>ot>o it holds that \begin{eqnarray*} {\rm Prob}\left(\left|\sum_{j=1}^n x_j-nμ\right|\geq t\right)\leq 2 \exp\left\{\frac{-2t^2}{\sum_{j=1}^n(b_j-a_j)^2}\right\}. \end{eqnarray*}

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