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Interpret the high-success formulation as completeness at least $1-\delta (n)$ and soundness at most $\delta (n)$, where $\delta (n)\le 1/p(n)$ for a growing polynomial $p$. This is the standard error-reduction claim. Literally placing $O$ around a success probability approaching one supplies no useful lower bound; it is the failure probability that must be inverse-polynomially small.

Let $M_x$ be the quantum verifier acceptance operator acting on one witness register:Acceptance on $\rho$ is $\mathrm{Tr}(M_x\rho )$. On a NO instance, $\Vert M_x\Vert \le 1/3$; on a YES instance, an honest witness has acceptance at least $2/3$.

Ask for $r$ witness registers, with $r$ odd, run $V_x$ independently on each register with fresh ancillas, and accept a strict majority. The QMA parallel repetition with entangled witnesses acceptance operator isDiagonalize $M_x$. In the tensor-product eigenbasis, an eigenvalue of $M_x^{(r)}$ is the majority probability for independent Bernoulli random variables with parameters equal to the selected eigenvalues of $M_x$. On a NO instance every parameter is at most $1/3$. Coupling these variables using independent uniform random numbers shows that their upper majority tail is bounded by the tail with every parameter $1/3$. This bounds the operator norm and therefore covers every supplied witness, including a witness entangled across the registers. No independence assumption about a dishonest witness is being made.

For a valid Chernoff bound, if $S$ is a sum of $r$ independent Bernoulli variables of parameter at most $1/3$, Markov's inequality applied to $2^S$ yieldsAn honest product witness on a YES instance gives independent trials with rejection probability at most $1/3$, so its failure probability has the same bound. The printed concentration bound is not valid as stated: for five trials at parameter $1/3$, the upper-majority probability is $17/81>e^{-5/3}$. The valid bound above suffices for a rigorous proof.

Choose the next odd integer above $c^{-1}\ln p(n)$. ThenThe witness length and circuit size increase by only $O(\log p(n))$; the majority calculation has polynomial overhead. Conversely, inverse-polynomial failure probability is at most $1/3$ for all sufficiently large input lengths. Finitely many smaller lengths can be handled by hard-wired verifiers, giving the usual constants. Hence the two definitions give the same class QMA. The same QMA error reduction argument also yields exponentially small failure with polynomially many copies.

Use an $n$-qubit state as the witness. Uniformly choose a term $h_j$ and perform the two-outcome positive operator-valued measure $\{I-h_j,h_j\}$. Regard the second outcome as an energy flag. For witness $\rho$, its probability isThis is an efficient local-energy measurement verification: a unitary operator on the $k$ relevant qubits and one ancilla qubit can implement the measurement using the isometryThe local dimension is constant; the term matrices and the measurement can be approximated to inverse-polynomial accuracy. Uniform choice of $j$ and the classical threshold comparison also have polynomial overhead.

SetIn the nontrivial case $0\le a<b\le M$, $\delta$ is inverse-polynomial. Cases outside this energy range are decided directly from $0\le H\le MI$.

Ask for $r$ witness registers, measure an independently sampled local term on each, and accept if the mean number of energy flags is at most $\theta$. An honest product ground state on a YES instance has flag probability at most $p_{\mathrm{y}}$. The Hoeffding inequality gives failure at most $e^{-r{\delta }^2/2}$. For completeness, the required Bernoulli concentration estimate follows by bounding the centered log moment-generating function $f(\lambda )=\ln \mathbb{E}{e}^{\lambda (Y-p)}$: $f(0)=f^{\prime }(0)=0$ and $f^{\prime \prime }(\lambda )$ is a tilted Bernoulli variance, at most $1/4$. Hence $f(\lambda )\le {\lambda }^2/8$; exponential Markov's inequality optimized at $\lambda =4u$ yields $\mathrm{Pr}(\overline{Y}-p\ge u)\le e^{-2r{u}^2}$, and the lower-tail version follows in the same way.

Soundness must also cover entangled witness registers. The averaged flag effect is $R=H/M$. All its eigenvalues are at least $p_{\mathrm{n}}$ on a NO instance. The repeated verifier's acceptance effect is a polynomial in the commuting tensor-factor operators $R_j$ and $I-R_j$. In their product eigenbasis its eigenvalues are lower-tail probabilities of independent Bernoulli variables whose parameters are each at least $p_{\mathrm{n}}$. Their lower tail is bounded by the identical-parameter tail at $p_{\mathrm{n}}$, using the same uniform-variable coupling as in QMA parallel repetition with entangled witnesses. Therefore its operator norm is at most $e^{-r{\delta }^2/2}$, which bounds acceptance for any entangled witness.

Choosinggives completeness at least $2/3$ and soundness at most $1/3$. A slightly larger constant absorbs implementation errors; for example, approximate each flag effect in norm to at most $\delta /8$, retain a gap at least $3\delta /4$, and increase $r$ by a constant factor. The total witness length $rn$ and circuit size are polynomial. Thus

The useful form is Talagrand's convex distance inequality. Let $({\Omega }_i,{\mu }_i)$ be standard probability spaces, let $\Omega ={\prod }_{i=1}^n{\Omega }_i$ carry the product measure $\mu ={⨂}_i{\mu }_i$, and let $A\subset \Omega$ be a measurable event with $\mu (A)>0$. For $x\in \Omega$, form the mismatch vectorsThe Talagrand convex distance is the distance from zero to their closed convex hull:Equivalently, by the Hahn-Banach separation theorem for two convex sets,Nonnegative weights suffice because every mismatch vector has nonnegative coordinates. Talagrand's convex distance inequality statesIn particular, Markov's inequality gives the product-space concentration inequalityThe same conclusion is interpreted with outer probabilities if a distance set is not measurable; the continuous geometric function used below has measurable level sets. A median $M$ of a real random variable $Z$ means that $\mathbb{P}(Z\le M)\ge 1/2$ and $\mathbb{P}(Z\ge M)\ge 1/2$. Applying the displayed concentration inequality to suitable level sets will control deviations around a median.

Apply Markov's inequality to the nonnegative random variable $e^{\lambda X}$, since $X>t$ implies $e^{\lambda X}>e^{\lambda t}$:This exponential Markov bound remains true, though uninformative, when the expected value is infinite. For a standard normal distribution, completion of the square gives its moment-generating functionMinimize ${\lambda }^2/2-\lambda t$ over positive $\lambda$; the choice $\lambda =t$ gives the Chernoff bound

Because $X$ is a nonnegative integer, its indicator function satisfies $1_{\{X>0\}}\le X$. Taking expected values proves the upper bound. The finite second moment also gives a finite expected value, by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. Applying that inequality to $X$ and $1_{\{X>0\}}$ givesThe assumed positive second moment permits division, yieldingThe lower bound is the basic second moment method; the upper bound also follows from Markov's inequality at threshold one. Integer-valuedness is essential for that upper bound, but not for the lower bound. For example, a constant $X=1/2$ would violate the upper bound.

Convergence in probability means that for every $\epsilon >0$, $\mathbb{P}(|X_n-X|\ge \epsilon )\to 0$. The use of $>$ instead of $\ge$ gives the equivalent definition by replacing $\epsilon$ with a smaller positive number.

For $Y\ge 0$, the pointwise inequality $Y\ge a{1}_{\{Y\ge a\}}$ gives, on taking expected values, Markov's inequalityThis also holds if the expectation is infinite, though the resulting bound is then uninformative. Apply it to $Y=(X-\mu {)}^2$ with threshold ${\epsilon }^2$ to obtain Chebyshev's inequality:Set $S_n=n^{-1}{\sum }_{i=1}^n(Z_i-\mathbb{E}{Z}_i)$. Its mean is zero. Independence eliminates cross covariances, and boundedness gives $\mathrm{Var}(Z_i)\le \mathbb{E}{Z}_i^2\le 1$. HenceThus $\boxed{S_n\to 0\text{ in probability}}$. Identical distributions were never needed.

Pointwise,Taking expectations and dividing by $a^2>0$ gives the second-moment form of Markov's inequality:

For $t>0$, apply Markov's inequality to the nonnegative random variable $e^{t{S}_n}$. The exponential is then increasing, soAt $t=0$ the right side is one. For $t<0$ it exceeds one because $a>0$, so the same displayed bound remains true trivially; the upper-tail Markov argument itself uses $t>0$.

Complete the square $t^2/2-at=(t-a{)}^2/2-a^2/2$. Choosing $t=a$ gives the strongest bound from this family, $\mathbb{P}(S_n\ge an)\le e^{-n{a}^2/2}$. The distribution is symmetric, so the same bound holds for $S_n\le -an$. A union bound givesOne may also cap this at one. Its exponential decay is stronger than the polynomial Chebyshev bound for fixed $a>0$ and large $n$.

The two recursions use a synchronous coupling: they receive exactly the same fresh inputs. Subtraction cancels the additive term:The variable $U_n$ is independent of the preceding difference and has expected value $1/2$. Thus expectation of a product of independent random variables givesBy Markov's inequality, for every $\epsilon >0$,This proves the requested convergence in probability; in fact the difference has L1 convergence. It is synchronous contraction of a random affine recursion, and the estimate holds for every real $c$.

Separate a long future count from the early Poisson arrival time. Let ${\mathcal{F}}_t=\sigma (N_s:0\le s\le t)$ be the natural filtration, and defineThe truncated Poisson arrival time in $B_n$ is ${\mathcal{F}}_{n^2}$-measurable. The independent increments property makes $A_n$ independent of ${\mathcal{F}}_{n^2}$, and hence of $B_n$.

The numerator of $A_n$ is a centered Poisson random variable of parameter $n^4-n^2$. Apply the central limit theorem to the $n^4-n^2$ unit-time increments, then use $\sqrt{n^4-n^2}/n^2\to 1$ and Slutsky's theorem. This proves $A_n\stackrel{\mathrm{d}}{\to }N(0,1)$. Also, Markov's inequality and $\mathbb{E}{T}_n=n$ giveThus $B_n$ equals $(T_n-n)/\sqrt{n}$ outside an event of vanishing probability, so part (i) and Slutsky's theorem give $B_n\stackrel{\mathrm{d}}{\to }N(0,1)$. Exact independence of random variables for each $n$ now gives the joint limit $(A_n,B_n)\stackrel{\mathrm{d}}{\to }(Z_1,Z_2)$ with independent standard normal random variables.

Finally, $\mathbb{E}{C}_n=0$ and $\mathrm{Var}(C_n)=n^{-2}$, so Chebyshev's inequality gives $C_n\to 0$ in probability. The first coordinate in the question is $A_n+C_n$. The second differs from $B_n$ only on $\{T_n>n^2\}$, and so its difference tends to zero in probability. The vector version of Slutsky's theorem proves the required joint convergence in distribution. The boundary of $(-\infty ,x]\times [y,\infty )$ has zero limiting probability, since both marginal distributions have continuous cumulative distribution functions. The Portmanteau theorem therefore yieldsThis is $\mathbb{P}(Z_1\le x,Z_2\ge y)$ by independence of random variables.

Direct integration of the uniform distribution yields $\mathbb{E}{U}_j=b/2$ and $\mathbb{E}{U}_j^2=b^2/3$. The expectation of a product of independent random variables givesSubtracting the square of the expected value gives the variance:Since $W_n\ge 0$, Markov's inequality implies, for every $\epsilon >0$,Hence $\boxed{W_n\to 0\text{ in probability for }0<b<2.}$ The first moment suffices: the variance need not tend to zero throughout this range.

The conditions on the cumulative distribution function imply $0<X_n\le 2$ almost surely. With ${\mathcal{H}}_n=\sigma (X_1,\dots ,X_n)$, adjoin $Y_0=1$ and the trivial ${\mathcal{H}}_0$. The random variables $Y_n$ are nonnegative, adapted, and bounded by $2^n$ at each fixed time. Independence and $\mathbb{E}{X}_{n+1}=1$ giveThus this is the product martingale from independent mean-one factors, with $\mathbb{E}{Y}_n=1$. The almost sure supermartingale convergence theorem states that a nonnegative supermartingale converges almost surely to a finite integrable random variable. Applied to this nonnegative martingale, it shows $Y_n\to Y_{\infty }<\infty$ almost surely. Every convergent real sequence is bounded, so ${\sup }_{n\ge 1}{Y}_n<\infty$ almost surely.

The printed maximum can in fact be taken literally here. If $X_1=1$ almost surely, all products equal $1$. Otherwise the strict Jensen equality criterion, applied to the strictly convex function $t\mapsto -\sqrt{t}$ on $(0,\infty )$, gives $q=\mathbb{E}\sqrt{X_1}<1$. Independence yields $\mathbb{E}\sqrt{Y_n}=q^n$. By Markov's inequality, ${\sum }_n\mathbb{P}(Y_n>\epsilon )\le {\epsilon }^{-1/2}{\sum }_n{q}^n<\infty$ for every $\epsilon >0$. The First Borel-Cantelli lemma and the countable choices $\epsilon =1/m$ give $Y_n\to 0$ almost surely. Since $Y_1>0$, a sequence with this limit attains its positive supremum among finitely many initial terms. This is an instance of fractional moment decay of independent mean-one products.

A characteristic function is useful for proving convergence in distribution, including for laws without a finite moment-generating function: the continuity theorem says that pointwise convergence of characteristic functions to a characteristic function continuous at zero implies convergence in distribution to its law. For example, the Cauchy distribution has a characteristic function although its moment-generating function is not finite on any neighbourhood of zero.

A moment-generating function is especially useful for exponential tail bounds: for $t>0$ where it is finite, Markov's inequality givesOptimizing over $t$ yields a Chernoff bound. The positive real exponential in this argument permits the inequality; a unit-modulus complex exponential does not give the corresponding tail bound.

Markov's inequality states that for a nonnegative random variable $Z$ and $a>0$,It follows immediately from $Z\ge a{1}_{\{Z\ge a\}}$ and monotonicity of expectation. A finite expectation makes the bound informative.

The event $T\ge 5$ is the same as $2^T\ge 32$. Apply Markov's inequality to the nonnegative random variable $2^T$ and use part (iv):The strict numerical comparison is enough even though the probabilistic inequality itself is non-strict.

Write $b=(\ell +1)a$, $R(r)=r^{\ell }{e}^{-r/b}$ and $Y(\theta ,\varphi )={\sin }^{\ell }\theta e^{i\ell \varphi }$, for nonnegative integer $\ell$. The angular Laplacian satisfies ${\Delta }_{S^2}Y=-\ell (\ell +1)Y$. Direct radial differentiation givesBecause $(\ell +1)/b=1/a$, the $1/r$ contribution cancels the Coulomb potential in the Hamiltonian. ThereforeThe volume element contributes $r^2\sin \theta$. The squared state factors into radial, polar and uniform azimuthal densities, so the angular normalization cancels in every radial expectation. With $I_j={\int }_0^{\infty }{r}^j{e}^{-2r/b}dr$,The supplied integration-by-parts recurrence gives $I_{j+1}=(j+1)b{I}_j/2$. HenceIn particular $\mathrm{Var}(r)/{\mu }^2=(2\ell +3{)}^{-1}$. Put $h=(2\ell +3{)}^{-1/3}$. Chebyshev's inequality gives

For the polar variable set $J_j={\int }_0^{\pi }{\sin }^j\theta d\theta$. The polar density is proportional to ${\sin }^{2\ell +1}\theta$, soAn exact expression for the requested tail, as well as its useful estimate, isThe inequality is Markov's inequality applied to ${\cos }^2\theta$. If a finite expression is desired, expand $(1-z^2{)}^{\ell }$: the numerator is ${\sum }_{j=0}^{\ell }(-1{)}^j(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{\ell }{j})(1-h^{2j+1})/(2j+1)$ and the denominator is the same sum with $h=0$.

By the union bound, with probability at least $1-2h$ both $|r/\mu -1|\le h$ and $|\cos \theta |\le h$. The height above the equatorial plane is then at most $(1+h)\mu h$. The cylindrical radius differs from $\mu$ by at most $\mu h+(1+h)\mu h^2$. Thus the distance from the circle of radius $\mu$ in the equatorial plane is $O(\mu h)$ with probability tending to one. This is relative concentration around a growing circle; it does not assert an absolutely shrinking thickness. The probability concentration of a circular Coulomb eigenstate is a precise version of the large-angular-momentum orbit picture.

Set $a=\delta \lambda$, $t_0={\lambda }^2$, and $h=({\beta }^2-1){\lambda }^2$. On the event $\{{\tau }^{1/2}>\beta \lambda ,X_{\tau }^{\ast }\le a\}$, one has $\tau >t_0$ and the Brownian path remains in $[-a,a]$ throughout the next $h$ time units after $t_0$.

For Brownian motion started at $x\in (-a,a)$, let $H$ be its first exit time from $(-a,a)$. The martingale $B_t^2-t$, stopped at $H\wedge n$, gives ${\mathbb{E}}_x(H\wedge n)\le a^2-x^2$. Monotone convergence first proves finite mean exit time, and dominated convergence for the bounded stopped position then givesThus Markov's inequality yields ${\mathbb{P}}_x(H>h)\le a^2/h$. Remaining in the closed interval for a fixed positive duration has the same probability as avoiding boundary exit: Brownian motion crosses immediately after first hitting an endpoint.

Condition on ${\mathcal{F}}_{t_0}$. The event $\{\tau >t_0\}$ is measurable there because $\tau$ is a stopping time, and future Brownian increments are independent of this sigma-algebra. The preceding bound is uniform in the current point inside the interval. ThereforeThis is a good-lambda bound for Brownian stopping time and maximum.

The given Doob L2 maximal inequality givesApply Markov's inequality to the nonnegative variable $(M_t^{\ast }{)}^2$, at the threshold printed in the question:The corresponding threshold for $M_t^{\ast }$ itself is $2^{-(n-1)/2}$.

**Chebyshev's inequality: if $X$ has finite mean $\mu$ and variance ${\sigma }^2$, then for $a>0$,Apply Markov's inequality to the nonnegative random variable $Y=(X-\mu {)}^2$ with threshold $a^2$. Since $\mathbb{E}[Y]={\sigma }^2$ and $\{|X-\mu |\ge a\}=\{Y\ge a^2\}$, the desired statement follows immediately.

Markov's inequality: if $X\ge 0$ and $a>0$, then $\mathbb{P}(X\ge a)\le \mathbb{E}[X]/a$. Pointwise,Taking expected values, using their monotonicity and the identity $\mathbb{E}[1_E]=\mathbb{P}(E)$, gives $\mathbb{E}[X]\ge a\mathbb{P}(X\ge a)$. Division by the positive threshold proves the inequality. If the expectation is infinite, the extended-valued bound remains true but uninformative.