inequalities on standard deviation

Probability theory and statistics

inequalities on standard deviation

Postby Guest » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:25 am

Hello,

Let X and Y be 2 random variables.

Let us note sigma(X) the standard deviation of X (not the variance).

Can we prove the following inequality:

sigma(X) <= sigma[ (X+Y)/2 ] + sigma[ (X-Y)/2 ]

Thank you
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