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Some New Gaussian Product Inequalities

Probability 2022-05-11 v2

Abstract

The Gaussian product inequality is a long-standing conjecture. In this paper, we investigate the three-dimensional inequality E[X12X22m2X32m3]E[X12]E[X22m2]E[X32m3]E[X_1^{2}X_2^{2m_2}X_3^{2m_3}]\ge E[X_1^{2}]E[X_2^{2m_2}]E[X_3^{2m_3}] for any centered Gaussian random vector (X1,X2,X3)(X_1,X_2,X_3) and m2,m3Nm_2,m_3\in\mathbb{N}. First, we show that this inequality is implied by a combinatorial inequality. The combinatorial inequality can be verified directly for small values of m2m_2 and arbitrary m3m_3. Hence the corresponding cases of the three-dimensional inequality are proved. Second, we show that the three-dimensional inequality is equivalent to an improved Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. This observation leads us to derive some novel moment inequalities for bivariate Gaussian random variables.

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@article{arxiv.2201.04242,
  title  = {Some New Gaussian Product Inequalities},
  author = {Oliver Russell and Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04242},
  year   = {2022}
}
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