Samuels' lower-tail product conjecture
Samuels' lower-tail product conjecture
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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.
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Primary source
Roland Paulin, “On some conjectures of Samuels and Feige”, arXiv:1703.05152 (2017).
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