Paley–Zygmund inequality

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title: Paley–Zygmund inequality
text: In mathematics, the Paley–Zygmund inequality bounds the probability that a positive random variable is small, in terms of its first two moments. The inequality was proved by Raymond Paley and Antoni Zygmund. Theorem: If Z ≥ 0 is a random variable with finite variance, and if 0 ≤ θ ≤ 1 , then Proof: First, The first addend is at most θ E ⁡ [ Z ] , while the second is at most E ⁡ [ Z 2 ] 1 / 2 P ⁡ 1 / 2 by the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. The desired inequality then follows. ∎
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