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This paper lays the foundations for a unified framework for numerically and computationally applying methods drawn from a range of currently distinct geometrical approaches to statistical modelling. In so doing, it extends information…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2012-09-11 Karim Anaya-Izquierdo , Frank Critchley , Paul Marriott , Paul W. Vos

In this work we: (1) review likelihood-based inference for parameter estimation and the construction of confidence regions; and, (2) explore the use of techniques from information geometry, including geodesic curves and Riemann scalar…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-04-01 Jesse A Sharp , Alexander P Browning , Kevin Burrage , Matthew J Simpson

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

Information geometry is the application of differential geometry in statistics, where the Fisher-Rao metric serves as the Riemannian metric on the statistical manifold, providing an intrinsic property for parameter sensitivity. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Wangjun Lu , Zhao-Hui Peng , HongTao

We consider torsion in parameter manifolds that arises via conformal transformations of the Fisher information metric, and define it for information geometry of a wide class of physical systems. The torsion can be used to differentiate…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Kunal Pal , Kuntal Pal , Tapobrata Sarkar

This paper explores the Bergman geometry of bounded domains $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$ through the lens of information geometry by introducing a mapping $\Phi: \Omega \rightarrow \mathcal{P}(\Omega)$, where $\mathcal{P}(\Omega)$ denotes a…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Gunhee Cho , Jihun Yum

Using the square-root map p-->\sqrt{p} a probability density function p can be represented as a point of the unit sphere S in the Hilbert space of square-integrable functions. If the density function depends smoothly on a set of parameters,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-12-31 Dorje C. Brody , Daniel W. Hook

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

We review the information geometry of linear systems and its application to Bayesian inference, and the simplification available in the K\"ahler manifold case. We find conditions for the information geometry of linear systems to be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-15 Jaehyung Choi , Andrew P. Mullhaupt

We investigate the effect of different metrizations of probability spaces on the information geometric complexity of entropic motion on curved statistical manifolds. Specifically, we provide a comparative analysis based upon Riemannian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Steven Gassner , Carlo Cafaro

We review a nonparametric version of Amari's Information Geometry in which the set of positive probability densities on a given sample space is endowed with an atlas of charts to form a differentiable manifold modeled on Orlicz Banach…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Giovanni Pistone

Fisher Information (FI) is a quantity ubiquitously measured in such varied areas like metrology, machine learning, and biological complexity. Mathematically, it represents a lower bound in the variance of unknown parameters that are related…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-21 Pedro B. Melo , Sílvio M. Duarte Queirós , Diogo O. Soares-Pinto , Welles A. M. Morgado

We generalize the classical Fisher information metric on statistical models to $L^p$-metrics on various spaces of differential forms or group of diffeomorphisms. Using this new interpretation from information geometry, we derive several new…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Yuxiu Lu

Information geometry is concerned with the application of differential geometry concepts in the study of the parametric spaces of statistical models. When the random variables are independent and identically distributed, the underlying…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Alexandre L. M. Levada

Let (M,g) be a compact, connected and oriented Riemannian manifold. We denote D the space of smooth probability density functions on M. In this paper, we show that the Frechet manifold D is equipped with a Riemannian metric g^{D} and an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Mathieu Molitor

This introductory text arises from a lecture given in G\"oteborg, Sweden, given by the first author and is intended for undergraduate students, as well as for any mathematically inclined reader wishing to explore a synthesis of ideas…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Noémie C. Combe , Philippe G. Combe , Hanna K. Nencka

Recent advancements have revealed new links between information geometry and classical stochastic thermodynamics, particularly through the Fisher information (FI) with respect to time. Recognizing the non-uniqueness of the quantum Fisher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Laetitia P. Bettmann , John Goold

This paper is about Information Geometry, a relatively new subject within mathematical statistics that attempts to study the problem of inference by using tools from modern differential geometry. This paper provides an overview of some of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 Carlos C. Rodriguez

We study a statistical manifold $(\mathcal{N}, g^F, \nabla^{A}, \nabla^{A*})$ of multivariate normal distributions, where $g^F$ is the Fisher metric and $\nabla^{A}$ is the Amari-Chentsov connection and $\nabla^{A*}$ is its conjugate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-24 Shimpei Kobayashi , Yu Ohno

Classical Fisher-information asymptotics describe the covariance of regular efficient estimators through the local quadratic approximation of the log-likelihood, and thus capture first-order geometry only. In curved models, including…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Malik Amir , Sourangshu Ghosh