A Uniform-Distribution Counterexample to Proposed Log-Concave Concentration Extremal Bounds
We give an elementary counterexample to both equalities proposed in Conjecture 1.3 of Pinelisconcerning one-sided concentration of mean-zero, variance-one, log-concave distributions. The centered,standardized uniform distribution has smaller density at the mean than the proposed translated exponentialextremizer and smaller one-sided interval mass. We identify the exact interval-length threshold for thiscomparison and show that the obstruction persists for smooth, strictly positive log-concave densities. Thecounterexample does not challenge the proved universal lower bounds.
Authors
- Tony Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9189-6431)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23717322
- Primary Topic
- Probability and Statistical Research
- Type
- preprint