English

Concentration inequalities on the multislice and for sampling without replacement

Probability 2021-10-29 v1

Abstract

We present concentration inequalities on the multislice which are based on (modified) log-Sobolev inequalities. This includes bounds for convex functions and multilinear polynomials. As an application we show concentration results for the triangle count in the G(n,M)G(n,M) Erd\H{o}s--R\'{e}nyi model resembling known bounds in the G(n,p)G(n,p) case. Moreover, we give a proof of Talagrand's convex distance inequality for the multislice. Interpreting the multislice in a sampling without replacement context, we furthermore present concentration results for nn out of NN sampling without replacement. Based on a bounded difference inequality involving the finite-sampling correction factor 1n/N1- n/N, we present an easy proof of Serfling's inequality with a slightly worse factor in the exponent, as well as a sub-Gaussian right tail for the Kolmogorov distance between the empirical measure and the true distribution of the sample.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2010.16289,
  title  = {Concentration inequalities on the multislice and for sampling without replacement},
  author = {Holger Sambale and Arthur Sinulis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.16289},
  year   = {2021}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-23T19:46:50.442Z