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The manifold of empirical mean values of statistical data ad infinitum has a geometric shape that depends on the probability measure that governs the generating model. Large deviation theory produces entropy functions that depend on both…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Viswa Virinchi Muppirala , Hong Qian

Choosing the Fisher information as the metric tensor for a Riemannian manifold provides a powerful yet fundamental way to understand statistical distribution families. Distances along this manifold become a compelling measure of statistical…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-05 Brodie A. J. Lawson , Kevin Burrage , Kerrie Mengersen , Rodrigo Weber dos Santos

We review basic notions in the field of information geometry such as Fisher metric on statistical manifold, $\alpha$-connection and corresponding curvature following Amari's work . We show application of information geometry to asymptotic…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-14 Mashbat Suzuki

Information geometry is a study of statistical manifolds, that is, spaces of probability distributions from a geometric perspective. Its classical information-theoretic applications relate to statistical concepts such as Fisher information,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Kumar Vijay Mishra , M. Ashok Kumar , Ting-Kam Leonard Wong

Chentsov's theorem characterizes the Fisher information metric on statistical models as essentially the only Riemannian metric that is invariant under sufficient statistics. This implies that each statistical model is naturally equipped…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-23 James G. Dowty

We define a mixed topology on the fiber space $\cup_\mu \oplus^n L^n(\mu)$ over the space $\mathcal{M}(\Omega)$ of all finite non-negative measures $\mu$ on a separable metric space $\Omega$ provided with Borel $\sigma$-algebra. We define a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-26 Hông Vân Lê

We study the statistical geometry of random chords on n-dimensional spheres by deriving explicit analytical expressions for the chord length distribution and its associated structural properties. A critical threshold emerges at dimension…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Masoud Ataei

Motivated by the increasing connections between information theory and high-energy physics, particularly in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, we explore the information geometry associated to a variety of simple systems. By…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-06 Johanna Erdmenger , Kevin T. Grosvenor , Ro Jefferson

Statistical inference more often than not involves models which are non-linear in the parameters thus leading to non-Gaussian posteriors. Many computational and analytical tools exist that can deal with non-Gaussian distributions, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-20 Eileen Giesel , Robert Reischke , Björn Malte Schäfer , Dominic Chia

Although the notion of entropy lies at the core of statistical mechanics, it is not often used in statistical mechanical models to characterize phase transitions, a role more usually played by quantities such as various order parameters,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 D. A. Johnston , W. Janke , R. Kenna

In this article, we present recent developments of information geometry, namely, geometry of the Fisher metric, dualistic structures and divergences on the space of probability measures, particularly the theory of geodesics of the Fisher…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Mitsuhiro Itoh , Hiroyasu Satoh

Information geometry is an emergent branch of probability theory that consists of assigning a Riemannian differential geometry structure to the space of probability distributions. We present an information geometric investigation of gases…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 Pedro Pessoa , Carlo Cafaro

The introduction of a metric onto the space of parameters in models in Statistical Mechanics and beyond gives an alternative perspective on their phase structure. In such a geometrization, the scalar curvature, R, plays a central role. A…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Janke , D. A. Johnston , R. Kenna

We examine phase transition of the Husimi-Temperley model in terms of information geometry. For this purpose, we introduce the Fisher metric defined by the density matrix of the model. We find that the metric becomes hyperbolic at the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-07-11 Yoichiro Hashizume , Hiroaki Matsueda

In the search of appropriate riemannian metrics on quantum state space the concept of statistical monotonicity, or contraction under coarse graining, has been proposed by Chentsov. The metrics with this property have been classified by…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-06-26 P. Gibilisco , T. Isola

We develope a new and general notion of parametric measure models and statistical models on an arbitrary sample space $\Omega$ which does not assume that all measures of the model have the same null sets. This is given by a diffferentiable…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-17 Nihat Ay , Jürgen Jost , Hông Vân Lê , Lorenz Schwachhöfer

Random fields are useful mathematical objects in the characterization of non-deterministic complex systems. A fundamental issue in the evolution of dynamical systems is how intrinsic properties of such structures change in time. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Alexandre L. M. Levada

We develop a language for describing the relationship among observations, mathematical models, and the underlying principles from which they are derived. Using Information Geometry, we consider geometric properties of statistical models for…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2016-07-14 Mark K. Transtrum , Gus Hart , Peng Qiu

The relevance of the concept of Fisher information is increasing in both statistical physics and quantum computing. From a statistical mechanical standpoint, the application of Fisher information in the kinetic theory of gases is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

Information geometry provides a tool to systematically investigate parameter sensitivity of the state of a system. If a physical system is described by a linear combination of eigenstates of a complex (that is, non-Hermitian) Hamiltonian,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-26 Dorje C. Brody , Eva-Maria Graefe
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