Fuk-Nagaev inequality in smooth Banach spaces: Optimum bounds for distributions of heavy-tailed martingales

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Main Authors: Mollenhauer, Mattes, Fiedler, Christian
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author Mollenhauer, Mattes
Fiedler, Christian
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Fiedler, Christian
contents We derive a Fuk-Nagaev inequality for the maxima of norms of martingale sequences in smooth Banach spaces which allow for a finite number of higher conditional moments. The bound is obtained by combining an optimization approach for a Chernoff bound due to Rio (2017) with a classical bound for moment generating functions of smooth Banach space norms by Pinelis (1994). Our result improves comparable infinite-dimensional bounds in the literature by removing unnecessary centering terms and giving precise constants. As an application, we propose a McDiarmid-type bound for vector-valued functions which allow for a uniform bound on their conditional higher moments.
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spellingShingle Fuk-Nagaev inequality in smooth Banach spaces: Optimum bounds for distributions of heavy-tailed martingales
Mollenhauer, Mattes
Fiedler, Christian
Probability
60G42, 60E15
We derive a Fuk-Nagaev inequality for the maxima of norms of martingale sequences in smooth Banach spaces which allow for a finite number of higher conditional moments. The bound is obtained by combining an optimization approach for a Chernoff bound due to Rio (2017) with a classical bound for moment generating functions of smooth Banach space norms by Pinelis (1994). Our result improves comparable infinite-dimensional bounds in the literature by removing unnecessary centering terms and giving precise constants. As an application, we propose a McDiarmid-type bound for vector-valued functions which allow for a uniform bound on their conditional higher moments.
title Fuk-Nagaev inequality in smooth Banach spaces: Optimum bounds for distributions of heavy-tailed martingales
topic Probability
60G42, 60E15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10012