 Gaussian sample-covariance operator-norm bound (source code)

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= Gaussian sample-covariance operator-norm bound

For independent centered Gaussian vectors with covariance $\Sigma$ and uncentered sample covariance $\widehat\Sigma=n^{-1}\sum_ix_ix_i^T$, with probability at least $1-e^{-t}$,
$$
\lVert\widehat\Sigma-\Sigma\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}
\leq C\lVert\Sigma\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}
\left(\sqrt{\frac{r(\Sigma)+t}{n}}+\frac{r(\Sigma)+t}{n}\right).
$$

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