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Refining the Two-Dimensional Signed Small Ball Inequality

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2018-05-25 v2 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

The two-dimensional signed small ball inequality states that for all possible choices of signs, R=2nεRhRLn, \left\| \sum_{|R| = 2^{-n}}{ \varepsilon_R h_R} \right\|_{L^{\infty}} \gtrsim n, where the summation runs over all dyadic rectangles in the unit square and hRh_R denotes the associated Haar function. This inequality first appeared in the work of Talagrand, and alternative proofs are due to Temlyakov and Bilyk & Feldheim (who showed that the supremum equals n+1n+1 in all cases). We prove that for all integers 0kn+10\leq k \leq n+1 and all possible choices of signs, {x[0,1)2:R=2nεRhR=n+12k}=12n+1(n+1k). \left| \left\{ x \in [0,1)^2: \sum_{|R| = 2^{-n}}{ \varepsilon_R h_R} = n + 1 - 2k\right\} \right| = \frac{1}{2^{n+1}}\binom{n+1}{k}.

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@article{arxiv.1712.01206,
  title  = {Refining the Two-Dimensional Signed Small Ball Inequality},
  author = {Noah Kravitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.01206},
  year   = {2018}
}
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