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Table 2 Simulation of generalized LS bounds for arbitrary sequences

From: An explicit version of the Chebyshev-Markov-Stieltjes inequalities and its applications

Normal distribution

n

Order of approximation

\(\boldsymbol {\max|\frac{x_{i}-\mu}{\sigma}|}\)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

102

9.950

3.607

2.780

2.590

2.520

2.479

2.454

2.438

2.432

2.431

2.431

103

31.61

6.712

4.346

3.687

3.472

3.411

3.394

3.391

3.390

3.390

3.390

104

100

11.91

6.327

4.838

4.263

4.023

3.926

3.889

3.874

3.868

3.865

105

316.2

21.18

9.256

6.462

5.510

5.202

5.119

5.100

5.095

5.094

5.094

Laplace distribution

n

Order of approximation

\(\boldsymbol {\max|\frac{x_{i}-\mu}{\sigma}|}\)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

102

9.950

4.302

3.739

3.677

3.670

3.670

3.670

3.670

3.670

3.670

3.670

103

31.61

8.897

6.661

6.063

5.809

5.693

5.633

5.597

5.574

5.557

5.542

104

100

14.74

8.720

7.196

6.687

6.528

6.483

6.469

6.465

6.464

6.463

105

316.2

26.74

13.54

10.49

9.355

8.849

8.602

8.479

8.411

8.373

8.333

Pearson type VII distribution ( α  = 3)

n

Order of approximation

\(\boldsymbol {\max|\frac{x_{i}-\mu}{\sigma}|}\)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

102

9.950

7.665

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

7.646

103

31.61

22.16

21.80

21.79

21.79

21.79

21.79

21.79

21.79

21.79

21.79

104

100

88.94

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

88.80

105

316.2

227.6

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

225.2

Bowers distribution

n

Order of approximation

\(\boldsymbol {\max|\frac{x_{i}-\mu}{\sigma}|}\)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

102

9.950

6.291

6.063

6.050

6.050

6.050

6.050

6.050

6.050

6.050

6.050

103

31.61

13.71

11.21

10.36

10.04

9.930

9.911

9.907

9.907

9.907

9.907

104

100

38.67

34.27

33.36

33.26

33.25

33.25

33.25

33.25

33.25

33.25

105

316.2

118.1

103.5

100.5

100.0

99.93

99.92

99.92

99.92

99.92

99.92

Cauchy distribution

n

Order of approximation

\(\boldsymbol {\max|\frac{x_{i}-\mu}{\sigma}|}\)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

102

9.950

9.269

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

9.260

103

31.61

30.08

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

30.07

104

100

95.31

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

95.28

105

316.2

291.6

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1

291.1