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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 209 4 Solution by
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Let and . The Lipschitz continuity of cosine and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality implyThe centered expectation term contributes ; omitting it would leave the Lipschitz bound incomplete. In particular has continuous sample paths on the compact cube, so its maximum exists and is measurable.
PutChoose a Cartesian finite net whose coordinate spacings are at most , including the endpoints. Every point of the cube is within Euclidean norm distance of , andOn the event , replacing any by a nearby grid point changes by at most . Since and , this is less than . ThereforeThe Markov inequality bounds the first event by . At a fixed , the summands are centered, independent and identically distributed, and have absolute value at most . The supplied Hoeffding inequality, with , bounds each grid event byA union bound now givesThe choice of balances the cost of a large random Lipschitz constant against the covering number of the cube: . Consequently works, withThis uses only the first moment and has a constant independent of . The finite net is deterministic even though the Lipschitz constant is random.
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