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A Simple Expression for Mill's Ratio of the Student's $t$-Distribution

Machine Learning 2015-02-06 v1 Probability

Abstract

I show a simple expression of the Mill's ratio of the Student's t-Distribution. I use it to prove Conjecture 1 in P. Auer, N. Cesa-Bianchi, and P. Fischer. Finite-time analysis of the multiarmed bandit problem. Mach. Learn., 47(2-3):235--256, May 2002.

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@article{arxiv.1502.01632,
  title  = {A Simple Expression for Mill's Ratio of the Student's $t$-Distribution},
  author = {Francesco Orabona},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01632},
  year   = {2015}
}