Abstract
Converse Poincaré-type inequalities are obtained within the class of smooth convex functions. This is, in particular, applied to the double exponential distribution.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-42 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Statistics and Probability Letters |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 30 1997 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:* Corresponding author. t Research supported in part by the ISF grant NZX000 and NZX300 and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant 96-01-00201. 2 Research supported in part by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Keywords
- Double exponential distribution
- Poincaré inequality