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On a 2-relative entropy

Information Theory 2022-01-19 v1 Category Theory math.IT

Abstract

We construct a 2-categorical extension of the relative entropy functor of Baez and Fritz, and show that our construction is functorial with respect to vertical morphisms. Moreover, we show such a `2-relative entropy' satisfies natural 2-categorial analogues of convex linearity, vanishing under optimal hypotheses, and lower semicontinuity. While relative entropy is a relative measure of information between probability distributions, we view our construction as a relative measure of information between channels.

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@article{arxiv.2112.03582,
  title  = {On a 2-relative entropy},
  author = {James Fullwood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.03582},
  year   = {2022}
}

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