On the recognition problem for limits of entropy functions
Combinatorics
2025-09-09 v1 Information Theory
math.IT
Abstract
We prove that there is no algorithm to decide whether a given integer vector is in the closure of the entropic cone . Equivalently, there is no decision procedure to determine whether a given integer-valued function is a pointwise limit of joint entropy functions. In other words, given such an , it is undecidable whether for all there exists a finite probability space with random variables such that their joint entropy satisfies . This settles the last open case in a sequence of related undecidability results proved by L. K\"{u}hne and the author, with applications in algorithmic information theory. The main new tool is a Desargues'-type theorem for almost entropic polymatroids.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.06302,
title = {On the recognition problem for limits of entropy functions},
author = {Geva Yashfe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.06302},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
24 pages, 10 figures