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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 1 31J c Solution by
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Because every takes values in , replacing one sample point changes by at most . PutThe lower-tail form of the Bounded differences inequality givesoutside an event of probability at most .
For the excess-loss supremum from part (b), replacing one observation changes by at most . A second application of the same inequality givesoutside another event of probability at most . On the intersection of these two events, symmetrization and the union bound yieldThis event has probability at least , and . Thus
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