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Strongly Convex Divergences

Information Theory 2020-12-30 v1 math.IT Probability Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

We consider a sub-class of the ff-divergences satisfying a stronger convexity property, which we refer to as strongly convex, or κ\kappa-convex divergences. We derive new and old relationships, based on convexity arguments, between popular ff-divergences.

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@article{arxiv.2009.10838,
  title  = {Strongly Convex Divergences},
  author = {James Melbourne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.10838},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Submitted to Entropy, special issue, Divergence Measures: Mathematical Foundations and Applications in Information-Theoretic and Statistical Problems, edited by Igal Sason

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