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The variance conjecture on projections of the cube

Functional Analysis 2017-03-30 v1

Abstract

We prove that the uniform probability measure μ\mu on every (nk)(n-k)-dimensional projection of the nn-dimensional unit cube verifies the variance conjecture with an absolute constant CC Varμx2CsupθSn1Eμx,θ2Eμx2,\textrm{Var}_\mu|x|^2\leq C \sup_{\theta\in S^{n-1}}{\mathbb E}_\mu\langle x,\theta\rangle^2{\mathbb E}_\mu|x|^2, provided that 1kn1\leq k\leq\sqrt n. We also prove that if 1kn23(logn)131\leq k\leq n^{\frac{2}{3}}(\log n)^{-\frac{1}{3}}, the conjecture is true for the family of uniform probabilities on its projections on random (nk)(n-k)-dimensional subspaces.

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@article{arxiv.1703.09973,
  title  = {The variance conjecture on projections of the cube},
  author = {David Alonso-Gutiérrez and Julio Bernués},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09973},
  year   = {2017}
}