Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 205 2 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let . Standard sub-Gaussian random variable and Gaussian-product concentration gives, for ,Thus makes this probability at most . On the complementary event, the basic inequality and Holder inequality giveThe parenthesis is at most by the triangle inequality and at most by . Substituting proves , whose probability tends to one.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 359 1 a iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 359 2 a i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For smooth periodic fields, the Holder inequality and giveSimilarly,Adding the bounds proves that the skew-symmetrized transport form extends continuously from smooth fields to andThe periodic Poincare inequality givesHence
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 205 1 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
With the usual objectivethe Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions for the Lasso areComparing the objective at and , expanding the square, and cancelling the noise norm gives exactly
Choose . Since every column has norm , each is sub-Gaussian with parameter . A union bound givesOn the complementary event, Holder inequality and the triangle inequality bound the preceding right-hand side bywhich proves the stated prediction bound.
For the Dantzig selector, use the constraint . The Lasso KKT conditions make feasible, so a Dantzig minimizer has no larger norm. If were not the Lasso solution, uniqueness from invertibility of would imply that some active coordinate has strict signed KKT slack. For small , setOnly score coordinate changes, toward its feasible boundary, so remains feasible. For small , signs on the active coordinates do not change, andby strict diagonal dominance. This contradicts Dantzig optimality, so the two estimators coincide.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 210 2 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
A kernel for density estimation is a bounded nonnegative integrable function with . Its bandwidth- rescaling is , and the kernel density estimator is
Fix and put . Since vanishes outside ,The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and variance additivity for independent random variables giveNonnegativity also gives . Taking the better estimate at each and applying Tonelli theorem proves
For nonnegative and , . Taking yieldsFor , the Holder inequality with conjugate exponents and givesIf is uniform on and independent of , then has probability density function . Sincethe last integral is at most . Substitution proves the second displayed bound. The case is the first bound integrated using and follows directly.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 359 2 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let and multiply the vorticity equation by , first for an odd power as in the hint. Periodic integration by parts and giveThe diffusion term is nonnegative, while the Holder inequality bounds the right-hand side by . ConsequentlyOn the finite-volume torus, norms increase to the essential supremum as . Hence the damped-vorticity maximum estimate gives
Slow-rate prediction bound for the Lasso Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
For , the Lasso objective has this prediction bound whenever . Compare its value at and , apply Holder inequality to the score, and use the triangle inequality. No restricted eigenvalue condition is required.
For a convergent continuous local martingale and , factor into and an ordinary exponential. Apply the Holder inequality and then the concave Jensen inequality to the fractional power . The displayed lower bound is informative when the terminal exponential moment is finite.
Expand moments of the inner sum and group equal power-sum differences. Their multiplicities are bounded by through the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. Two applications of the Holder inequality yield a bound for containing and a product of short geometric-sum bounds over the moment differences. Thus a sharp mean-value estimate combines with rational approximation or spacing of the coefficients to prove cancellation. When all coefficients are integers, , so mean-value estimates alone cannot force cancellation.
Weak-strong product convergence lemma 2026-09-28
If in , in , and , thenIndeed, split the difference into the weak pairing with and a term bounded by the Holder inequality using .