Concentration inequalities and moment bounds for sample covariance operators

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Abstract: Let X,X1,dots,Xn,dots be i.i.d. centered Gaussian random variables in a separable Banach space E with covariance operator Sigma: Sigma:E^{ast}mapsto E, Sigma u = {mathbb E}langle X,u angle, uin E^{ast}. The sample covariance operator hatSigma:EastmapstoE is defined as hat Sigma u := n^{-1}sum_{j=1}^n langle X_j,u angle X_j, uin E^{ast}. The goal of the paper is to obtain concentration inequalities and expectation bounds for the operator norm |hatSigmaSigma| of the deviation of the sample covariance operator from the true covariance operator. In particular, it is shown that {mathbb E}|hat Sigma-Sigma|asymp |Sigma|�iggl(sqrt{frac{{�f r}(Sigma)}{n}}�igvee frac{{�f r}(Sigma)}{n}�iggr), where {�f r}(Sigma):=frac{Bigl({mathbb E}|X|Bigr)^2}{|Sigma|}. Moreover, under the assumption that it is proved that, for all tgeq1, with probability at least 1et �egin{align*} Bigl||hatSigma - Sigma|-{mathbb E}|hatSigma - Sigma|Bigr| lesssim |Sigma|�iggl(sqrt{frac{t}{n}}�igvee frac{t}{n}�iggr). end{align*}




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