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Main Author: Pang, Zhekai
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26688
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author Pang, Zhekai
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contents We prove the open question posed by Zhuang and Hu in Remark 3.1. More generally, we consider symmetric joint probability mass functions and joint densities whose associated quadratic form is non-negative. In this class, for every \(r>0\), the inequality \(\E\abs{X+Y}^{r}\ge \E\abs{X-Y}^{r}\) holds for all distributions with finite \(r\)-th absolute moment if and only if \(0<r\le2\).
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spellingShingle Absolute moment inequalities under quadratic-form positivity
Pang, Zhekai
Probability
We prove the open question posed by Zhuang and Hu in Remark 3.1. More generally, we consider symmetric joint probability mass functions and joint densities whose associated quadratic form is non-negative. In this class, for every \(r>0\), the inequality \(\E\abs{X+Y}^{r}\ge \E\abs{X-Y}^{r}\) holds for all distributions with finite \(r\)-th absolute moment if and only if \(0<r\le2\).
title Absolute moment inequalities under quadratic-form positivity
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26688