On Malliavin Calculus and Concentration Inequalities

Abstract

We prove new abstract results concerning concentration inequalities and density estimates for Malliavin differentiable random variables. The efficacy of these results are demonstrated by practical computations, such as the calculation of novel concentration inequalities for $Z = \max_{1 \leq i \leq n} N_i - E\left[ \max_{1 \leq i \leq n} N_i \right]$ where the $\{N_i\}_{i=1, ..., n}$ are Normal random variables, and $\int_0^1 B_s^4 ds - \frac{3}{4H+1}$ where $\{B_s, s \in [0,1] \}$ is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter $H$, as well as the derivation of non-asymptotic confidence intervals for the Hurst parameter of a fractional Brownian motion.