Samuels' lower-tail product conjecture
Let , let satisfy
and let be independent non-negative random variables with for every . Define
and let with . Samuels' conjecture.
This is a related conjecture of Samuels concerning the lower tail of a weighted sum of independent non-negative random variables. The source states that Samuels' conjecture implies Feige's conjecture, but provides no resolution of Samuels' conjecture here.
References
Primary source
Roland Paulin, “On some conjectures of Samuels and Feige”, arXiv:1703.05152 (2017).
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