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A characterization of the alpha-connections on the statistical manifold of multivariate normal distributions

Differential Geometry 2024-04-24 v3

Abstract

We study a statistical manifold (N,gF,A,A)(\mathcal{N}, g^F, \nabla^{A}, \nabla^{A*}) of multivariate normal distributions, where gFg^F is the Fisher metric and A\nabla^{A} is the Amari-Chentsov connection and A\nabla^{A*} is its conjugate connection. We will show that it admits a solvable Lie group structure and moreover the Amari-Chentsov connection A\nabla^{A} on (N,gF)(\mathcal{N}, g^F) will be characterized by the conjugate symmetry, i.e., a curvatures identity R=RR=R^* of a connection \nabla and its conjugate connection \nabla^*.

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@article{arxiv.2302.07471,
  title  = {A characterization of the alpha-connections on the statistical manifold of multivariate normal distributions},
  author = {Shimpei Kobayashi and Yu Ohno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.07471},
  year   = {2024}
}