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Gauss's Inequality

If a distribution has a single Mode at $\mu_0$, then

\begin{displaymath}
P(\vert x-\mu_0\vert \geq \lambda\tau)\leq {4\over 9\lambda^2},
\end{displaymath}

where

\begin{displaymath}
\tau^2\equiv\sigma^2+(\mu-\mu_0)^2.
\end{displaymath}




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1999-05-25