On Cox-Kemperman moment inequalities for independent centered random variables

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Abstract: In 1983 Cox and Kemperman proved that Ef(xi)+Ef(eta)leEf(xi+eta) for all functions f, such that f(0)=0 and the second derivative f″(y) is convex, and all independent centered random variables xi and eta satisfying certain moment restrictions. We show that the minimal moment restrictions are sufficient for the inequality to be valid, and write out a less restrictive condition on f for the inequality to hold. Besides, Cox and Kemperman (1983) found out the optimal constants Aho and Bho for the inequalities Aho(E|xi|ho+E|eta|ho)leE|xi+eta|holeBho(E|xi|ho+E|eta|ho), where hoge1, xi and eta are independent centered random variables. We write out similar sharp inequalities for symmetric random variables.












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