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Legendre transform of a cumulant-generating function
(
ψ
∗
)
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Probability theory
Probability distribution
Moment-generating function
Cumulant-generating function
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2026-09-24
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The Legendre transform is the
convex function
ψ
∗
(
x
)
=
sup
θ
∈
R
{
θ
x
−
ψ
(
θ
)}
.
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Rademacher large-deviation rate function
Legendre transform of a cumulant-generating function
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Legendre transform of a cumulant-generating function
For
a
uniform random
sign
X
∈
{
−
1
,
1
}
,
ψ
(
λ
)
=
lo
g
cosh
λ
and
ψ
∗
(
x
)
=
2
(
1
+
x
)
l
o
g
(
1
+
x
)
+
(
1
−
x
)
l
o
g
(
1
−
x
)
(1)
for
∣
x
∣
≤
1
, with value
+
∞
outside that interval.
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