 Self-bounding function (source code)

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= Self-bounding function

A nonnegative <function> $f$ of independent coordinates is self-bounding when there are coordinate-deleted versions $f_i$ such that $0\leq f-f_i\leq1$ and
$$
\sum_i(f-f_i)\leq f.
$$
These inequalities make the natural variance proxy no larger than the function itself.

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