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Chernoff's Inequality - A very elementary proof

Probability 2014-04-01 v1

Abstract

We give a very simple proof of a strengthened version of Chernoff's Inequality. We derive the same conclusion from much weaker assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.1403.7739,
  title  = {Chernoff's Inequality - A very elementary proof},
  author = {Nathan Linial and Zur Luria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7739},
  year   = {2014}
}
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