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Quantitative Versions of the Two-dimensional Gaussian Product Inequalities

Probability 2022-07-21 v1

Abstract

The Gaussian product inequality (GPI) conjecture is one of the most famous inequalities associated with Gaussian distributions and has attracted a lot of concerns. In this note, we investigate the quantitative versions of the two-dimensional Gaussian product inequalities. For any centered non-degenerate two-dimensional Gaussian random vector (X1,X2)(X_1, X_2) with variances σ12,σ22\sigma_1^2, \sigma_2^2 and the correlation coefficient ρ\rho, we prove that for any real numbers α1,α2(1,0)\alpha_1, \alpha_2\in (-1,0) or α1,α2(0,)\alpha_1, \alpha_2\in (0,\infty), it holds that %there exist functions of α1,α2\alpha_1, \alpha_2 and ρ\rho such that E[X1α1X2α2]E[X1α1]E[X2α2]f(σ1,σ2,α1,α2,ρ)0,{\bf E}[|X_1|^{\alpha_1}|X_2|^{\alpha_2}]-{\bf E}[|X_1|^{\alpha_1}]{\bf E}[|X_2|^{\alpha_2}]\ge f(\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \rho)\ge 0, where the function f(σ1,σ2,α1,α2,ρ)f(\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \rho) will be given explicitly by Gamma function and is positive when ρ0\rho\neq 0. When 1<α1<0-1<\alpha_1<0 and α2>0,\alpha_2>0, Russell and Sun (arXiv: 2205.10231v1) proved the "opposite Gaussian product inequality", of which we will also give a quantitative version. These quantitative inequalities are derived by employing the hypergeometric functions and the generalized hypergeometric functions.

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@article{arxiv.2207.09921,
  title  = {Quantitative Versions of the Two-dimensional Gaussian Product Inequalities},
  author = {Ze-Chun Hu and Han Zhao and Qian-Qian Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.09921},
  year   = {2022}
}

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