ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

A note on the Ehrhard inequality

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Mathematics, Warsaw University, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

We prove that for λ ∈ [0,1] and A, B two Borel sets in n with A convex, Φ-1(γn(λA+(1-λ)B))λΦ-1(γn(A))+(1-λ)Φ-1(γn(B)), where γn is the canonical gaussian measure in n and Φ-1 is the inverse of the gaussian distribution function.

Bibliography

  1. A. Ehrhard, Symétrisation dans l'espace de Gauss, Math. Scand. 53 (1983), 281-301.
  2. M. Ledoux and M. Talagrand, Probability in Banach Spaces, Springer, 1991.
Pages:
169-174
Main language of publication
English
Received
1995-09-26
Accepted
1995-11-07
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences