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Tail bounds for sums of independent two-sided exponential random variables

Probability 2025-01-28 v2

Abstract

We establish upper and lower bounds with matching leading terms for tails of weighted sums of two-sided exponential random variables. This extends Janson's recent results for one-sided exponentials.

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@article{arxiv.2109.14387,
  title  = {Tail bounds for sums of independent two-sided exponential random variables},
  author = {Jiawei Li and Tomasz Tkocz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.14387},
  year   = {2025}
}