Spectral Structure in Finite Free Information Inequalities and $p$-Stam Phase Transitions
Abstract
Using FlowBoost, a closed-loop deep generative optimization framework for extremal structure discovery, we investigate -generalizations of the finite free Stam inequality for real-rooted polynomials under finite free additive convolution . At , FlowBoost finds the Hermite pair as the unique equality case and reveals the spectral structure of the linearized convolution map at this extremal point. As a result, we conjecture that the singular values of the doubly stochastic coupling matrix on the mean-zero subspace are , independent of . Conditional on this conjecture, we obtain a sharp local stability constant and the finite free CLT convergence rate, both uniform in . We introduce a one-parameter family of -Stam inequalities using -Fisher information and prove that the Hermite pair itself violates the inequality for every , with the sign of the deficit governed by the -contraction ratio of . Systematic computation via FlowBoost supports the conjecture that is the sharp critical exponent. For , the extremal configurations undergo a bifurcation, meaning that they become non-matching pairs with bimodal root structure, converging back to the Hermite diagonal only as . Our findings demonstrate that FlowBoost, can be an effective tool of mathematical discovery in infinite-dimensional extremal problems.
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@article{arxiv.2604.11922,
title = {Spectral Structure in Finite Free Information Inequalities and $p$-Stam Phase Transitions},
author = {Baran Hashemi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11922},
year = {2026}
}