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Dimension-free Gaussian tail estimates for linear functionals on convex bodies

Metric Geometry 2026-05-12 v1 Probability

Abstract

Let KRnK \subset \mathbb{R}^n be a centered convex body of volume one. We prove that there exist absolute constants c,C>0c,C > 0 and an orthonormal set of vectors ΘSn1\Theta \subset S^{n-1} with size Θ9n/10\left|\Theta\right| \ge 9n/10 such that, if XX is a random vector uniformly distributed on KK, then for all θΘ\theta \in \Theta one has cp(EX,θ2)1/2(EX,θp)1/pCp(EX,θ2)1/2, c\cdot \sqrt{p}\,\left(\mathbb{E} \left|\left\langle X,\theta \right\rangle\right|^2\right)^{1/2} \le \left(\mathbb{E} \left|\left\langle X,\theta \right\rangle\right|^p\right)^{1/p} \le C\cdot \sqrt{p}\,\left(\mathbb{E} \left|\left\langle X,\theta \right\rangle\right|^2\right)^{1/2}, where the upper estimate holds for all p1p \ge 1 while the lower bound only holds for 1pn1 \le p \le n.

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@article{arxiv.2605.10939,
  title  = {Dimension-free Gaussian tail estimates for linear functionals on convex bodies},
  author = {Brayden Letwin and Dan Mikulincer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.10939},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages

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