Modified log-Sobolev inequalities for convex functions on the real line. Sufficient conditions
Volume 230 / 2015
Studia Mathematica 230 (2015), 59-93
MSC: Primary 60E15; Secondary 26A51, 26B25, 26D10.
DOI: 10.4064/sm8319-12-2015
Published online: 21 January 2016
Abstract
We provide a mild sufficient condition for a probability measure on the real line to satisfy a modified log-Sobolev inequality for convex functions, interpolating between the classical log-Sobolev inequality and a Bobkov–Ledoux type inequality. As a consequence we obtain dimension-free two-level concentration results for convex functions of independent random variables with sufficiently regular tail decay.
We also provide a link between modified log-Sobolev inequalities for convex functions and weak transport-entropy inequalities, complementing recent work by Gozlan, Roberto, Samson, and Tetali.
