Fernique's theorem is a result about Gaussian measures on Banach spaces. It extends the finite-dimensional result that a Gaussian random variable has exponential tails. The result was proved in 1970 by Xavier Fernique.

Statement

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Let (X, || ||) be a separable Banach space. Let μ be a centred Gaussian measure on X, i.e. a probability measure defined on the Borel sets of X such that, for every bounded linear functional  : X → R, the push-forward measure μ defined on the Borel sets of R by

 

is a Gaussian measure (a normal distribution) with zero mean. Then there exists α > 0 such that

 

A fortiori, μ (equivalently, any X-valued random variable G whose law is μ) has moments of all orders: for all k ≥ 0,

 

References

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  • Fernique, Xavier (1970). "Intégrabilité des vecteurs gaussiens". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série A-B. 270: A1698–A1699. MR0266263