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Subgaussian concentration inequalities for geometrically ergodic Markov chains

Probability 2015-07-22 v2

Abstract

We prove that an irreducible aperiodic Markov chain is geometrically ergodic if and only if any separately bounded functional of the stationary chain satisfies an appropriate subgaussian deviation inequality from its mean.

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@article{arxiv.1412.1794,
  title  = {Subgaussian concentration inequalities for geometrically ergodic Markov chains},
  author = {Jérôme Dedecker and Sébastien Gouëzel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.1794},
  year   = {2015}
}
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