A useful elementary correlation inequality

Ravi Boppona; Joel Spencer

doi:10.1016/0097-3165(89)90022-8

A useful elementary correlation inequality

Ravi Boppona, Joel Spencer

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Abstract

An inequality is given that enables one to estimate the probability of a conjunction by the product of the probabilities when the events have low correlation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	305-307
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(89)90022-8
State	Published - Mar 1989

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Theoretical Computer Science
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Computational Theory and Mathematics

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