Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 210 3 Solution 2026-10-03
Write , , and chooseTake a -net of in , with centers in . Since every alternative lies in the -dimensional Euclidean ball of radius , the volumetric covering bound givesfor all large . Put and define the Gaussian net testThe inner products are well-defined Gaussian linear functionals because . Under ,and . A Gaussian tail bound and a union bound give
For any , choose with . ThenAnother Gaussian tail bound givesBecause , the entropy term in the type-I bound is dominated by the signal exponent when is sufficiently large. Also implies eventually, so . Given , choose large enough to obtainEnlarging if necessary handles the finitely many initial .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 109 4 iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let be the diameter of the bounded set , and choose . Then . It is enough to prove a volumetric covering bound for the unit ball.