Stability conjecture for the third Khintchine moment

Let S=i=1naiεiS=\sum_{i=1}^n a_i\varepsilon_i be a Rademacher sum, let Sn=n1/2i=1nεiS_n=n^{-1/2}\sum_{i=1}^n\varepsilon_i, and suppose that

i=1nai2=1.\sum_{i=1}^n a_i^2=1.

Third-moment stability conjecture. There exists a universal constant C3>0C_3>0 such that

ES3ESn3C3i=1n(ai21n)2.\mathbb{E}|S|^3\leq \mathbb{E}|S_n|^3-C_3\sum_{i=1}^n\left(a_i^2-\frac{1}{n}\right)^2.

This conjectures quantitative stability of the optimal third-moment Khintchine inequality, with equality attained by the equal-coefficient sum. The paper notes that the currently obtained constant can likely be improved, but leaves this stability statement open.

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Jacek Jakimiuk, “Stability of Khintchine inequalities with optimal constants between the second and the p-th moment for p 3”, arXiv:2503.07001 (2025).

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