Theorem 3.1 (Khintchine’s inequality). Assuming that:

  • p∈[2,∞)

  • X1,X2,…,Xn independent random variables

  • ℙ(Xi=xi)=12=ℙ(Xi=−xi)

Then
∥∑i=1nXi∥Lp(ℙ)=O(p12(∑i=1n∥Xi∥L2(ℙ)2)12).