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We tackle the problem of high-dimensional nonparametric density estimation by taking the class of log-concave densities on $\mathbb{R}^p$ and incorporating within it symmetry assumptions, which facilitate scalable estimation algorithms and…

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For the sequence of multi-indexes $\{\alpha_i\}_{i=1}^{m}$ and $\beta$ we study the inequality \[ \|D^{\beta} f\|_{L_1(\mathbb{T}^d)}\leq K_N \sum_{j= 1}^{m} \|D^{\alpha_j}f\|_{L_1(\mathbb{T}^d)}, \] where $f$ is a trigonometric polynomial…

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