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Expectation closure error for a nonlinear recurrence

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A bound E[Bj+1​∣Bj​]≤f(Bj​) implies EBj+1​≤Ef(Bj​). It does not by itself imply EBj+1​≤f(EBj​). For f(b)=b2/n, Jensen's inequality goes in the opposite direction. The missing contribution is the variance: E[Bj2​]=(EBj​)2+Var(Bj​).

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