Lemma S6: the lower bound for fixed K #
This file proves Lemma S6 of the supplementary material from inequality (S8) of Lemma S4
(lem_fixedk_of_lbmix), following its proof. Let t = t_k = r^k, γ² = ρ² + s², and
D_k(x) = {2(c + 1)t^{-1/2}|x̄_t| + (c + 1)²t^{-1}}/(2γ²).
lb_gaussianReal_abs_ge_le: aN(0, v)variable has absolute value at leastx ≥ 0with probability at mostexp{−x²/(2v)}, sinceφ₁(u + x) ≤ exp(−x²/2)φ₁(u)foru, x ≥ 0andN(0, 1)is symmetric;lb_map_pi_gaussianReal_sum_mul: underN(0, v)^{⊗n},∑_m b_m y_m ∼ N(0, v ∑_m b_m²);lbWc,lbWy_eq_sum, andsum_lbWc_sq_le_one:W_{jk}(y) = ∑_{i=t_j+1}^{t_k} b_i y_iwithb_i = t_j^{1/2}{i(i − 1)}^{-1/2}, and∑_i b_i² = t_j(1/t_j − 1/t_k) ≤ 1;lb_mixAlt_map_helmertVecandlb_mixAlt_map_runningMean: underQ,Y^t ∼ N(0, s²)^{⊗(t−1)}andX̄_t ∼ N(0, ρ² + s²/t);mixAlt_abs_lbW_ge_leandmixAlt_compl_lbA_le: underQ,W_{jk}(Y^t)is normal with variance at mosts², so thatQ(Y^t ∉ A_k) ≤ K exp{−c'²/(2s²)}by a union bound overj < k;lb_integral_abs_runningMean_mixAlt_le:E_Q(|X̄_t|) ≤ (ρ² + s²/t)^{1/2} ≤ γ;log_lbJ_ge:log{(K + 1)J_k} ≥ β − (β − β')1(Y^t ∉ A_k) − D_k, by Lemma S5;eIntegral_log_lbJ_ge:E_Q[log{(K + 1)J_k}] ≥ β − (β − β')K exp{−c'²/(2s²)} − (c + 1)/(γ t^{1/2}) − (c + 1)²/(2γ²t);lem_fixedk_of_lbmix: Lemma S6, (S8) implies (S9), with∑_k r^{−k/2} ≤ 2and∑_k r^{−k} ≤ 4/3forr ≥ 4.
The proof of Lemma S6 states that W_{jk}(Y^t) ∼ N{0, s²(1 − t_j/t)} under Q; we use only that
it is normal with variance s² ∑_i b_i² ≤ s², which gives the same tail bound.
The Gaussian tail #
The Gaussian tail: for v > 0 and x ≥ 0, a N(0, v) variable has absolute value at
least x with probability at most exp{−x²/(2v)}.
Linear combinations of independent Gaussian variables #
Under N(0, v)^{⊗n}, ∑_m b_m y_m ∼ N(0, v ∑_m b_m²), by induction on n: the measure
N(0, v)^{⊗(n+1)} is the product of its first factor and N(0, v)^{⊗n}, and
N(0, v₁) ∗ N(0, v₂) = N(0, v₁ + v₂).
W_{jk} as a linear combination of the y_i #
The distributions of Y^t and X̄_t under Q #
Under Q, Y^t ∼ N(0, s²)^{⊗(t−1)}.
Under Q, X̄_t ∼ N(0, ρ² + s²/t).
Lemma S6 #
The pointwise bound of Lemma S6: on A_k, Lemma S5(ii) and (iii) give
log{(K + 1)J_k} ≥ β − D_k; on its complement, Lemma S5(i) gives log{(K + 1)J_k} ≥ β'. Both
give log{(K + 1)J_k} ≥ β − (β − β')1(Y^t ∉ A_k) − D_k.
The expectation in the proof of Lemma S6: since β ≥ β', Q(Y^t ∉ A_k) ≤ K exp{−c'²/(2s²)}, and E_Q(|X̄_t|) ≤ γ,
E_Q[log{(K + 1)J_k}] ≥ β − (β − β')K exp{−c'²/(2s²)} − (c + 1)/(γt^{1/2}) − (c + 1)²/(2γ²t).
Lemma S6 (lem:fixedk, Lower bound for fixed K), from inequality (S8) of Lemma S4:
if c' > 0 and β ≥ β', then every Γ that satisfies (S8) satisfies (S9),
Γ ≥ β − (β − β')K exp{−c'²/(2s²)} − {2(c + 1)/γ + 2(c + 1)²/(3γ²)}/(K + 1).