Hoeffding's inequality

probabilistic inequality applying on sum of bounded random variables
Thing concentration_inequality Q1622794
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Hoeffding's inequality

Summary

Hoeffding's inequality is a concentration inequality[1]. It draws 139 Wikipedia views per month (concentration_inequality category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hoeffding's inequality's instance of is recorded as concentration inequality[3].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's instance of is recorded as theorem[4].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's instance of is recorded as Azuma's inequality[5].
  • Wassily Hoeffding is named after Hoeffding's inequality[6].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/049d0b[7].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's proved by is recorded as Wassily Hoeffding[8].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's defining formula is recorded as \mathbb{P}( H(n) \leq k)= \sum_{i=0}^{k} \binom{n}{i} p^i (1-p)^{n-i}[9].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 41515529[11].
  • Hoeffding's inequality's generalization of is recorded as Chernoff bound[12].

Why It Matters

Hoeffding's inequality draws 139 Wikipedia views per month (concentration_inequality category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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