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The Kullback-Leibler divergence offers an information-theoretic basis for measuring the difference between two given distributions. Its quantum analog, however, fails to play a corresponding role for comparing two density matrices, if the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sumiyoshi Abe

A finite difference numerical method is investigated for fractional order diffusion problems in one space dimension. For this, a mathematical model is developed to incorporate homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann type boundary conditions. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-07 Béla J. Szekeres , Ferenc Izsák

A probability distribution $\mu$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$ is quasi-infinitely divisible if its characteristic function has the representation $\widehat{\mu} = \widehat{\mu_1}/\widehat{\mu_2}$ with infinitely divisible distributions $\mu_1$ and…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-10 Merve Kutlu

Formalising the confrontation of opinions (models) to observations (data) is the task of Inferential Statistics. Information Theory provides us with a basic functional, the relative entropy (or Kullback-Leibler divergence), an asymmetrical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-13 François Bavaud

By using the global deformation of almost complex structures which are compatible with a symplectic form off a Lebesgue measure zero subset, we construct a (measurable) Lipschitz Kahler metric such that the one-form type Calabi-Yau equation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-30 Qiang Tan , Hongyu Wang

A recent development in the theory of fractional differential equations with variable coefficients has been a method for obtaining an exact solution in the form of an infinite series involving nested fractional integral operators. This…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Arran Fernandez , Joel E. Restrepo , Durvudkhan Suragan

We connect shift-invariant characteristic kernels to infinitely divisible distributions on $\mathbb{R}^{d}$. Characteristic kernels play an important role in machine learning applications with their kernel means to distinguish any two…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-10-26 Yu Nishiyama , Kenji Fukumizu

We show that the moment generating function of the Kullback-Leibler divergence (relative entropy) between the empirical distribution of $n$ independent samples from a distribution $P$ over a finite alphabet of size $k$ (i.e. a multinomial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Rohit Agrawal

We study the problem of characterizing the stability of Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence under Gaussian perturbations beyond Gaussian families. Existing relaxed triangle inequalities for KL divergence critically rely on the assumption that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Jialu Pan , Yufeng Zhang , Nan Hu , Zhenbang Chen , Ji Wang , Keqin Li

It has been shown that the Kullback-Leibler divergence is a Lyapunov function for the replicator equations at evolutionary stable states, or ESS. In this paper we extend the result to a more general class of game dynamics. As a result,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-08-22 Dashiell E. A. Fryer

The main purpose of this paper is to derive the closed form solution the sequence $(g_n)_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ of integro-difference equations that is defined recursively as follows: \begin{align*} g_1(x) & = \chi_{(-1/2, 1/2)} (x), g_{n+1}(x)…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Yadeta Hailu Bikila

An atomic random complex measure defined on the unit disk with Normally distributed moments is considered. An approximation to the distribution of the zeros of its Cauchy transform is computed. Implications of this result for solving…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-04-17 Piero Barone

The asymptotic correspondence between the probability mass function of the $q$-deformed multinomial distribution and the $q$-generalised Kullback-Leibler divergence, also known as Tsallis relative entropy, is established. The probability…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-10 Keisuke Okamura

In this paper, we derive some upper and lower bounds and inequalities for the total variation distance (TVD) and the Kullback-Leibler divergence (KLD), also known as the relative entropy, between two probability measures $\mu$ and $\nu$…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Ievlev Pavel , Timofei Shashkov

In the present study examines the statistical structure of the generated randomized density of the normal distribution and the Cauchy distribution. The study put the allegation that a randomized probability density of the normal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Oleg Yaremko , Alexander Abuzov , Dina Khotsyan

This paper is concerned with the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for a doubly nonlinear parabolic equation involving variable exponents and provides some theorems on existence and regularity of strong solutions. In the proof of these results, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-11 Goro Akagi , Giulio Schimperna

This article is devoted to the study of overlap measures of densities of two exponential populations. Various Overlapping Coefficients, namely: Matusita's measure $\rho$, Morisita's measure $\lambda$ and Weitzman's measure $\Delta$. A new…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-04-11 Hamza Dhaker , Papa Ngom , Malick Mbodj

Selecting an appropriate divergence measure is a critical aspect of machine learning, as it directly impacts model performance. Among the most widely used, we find the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence, originally introduced in kinetic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Gennaro Auricchio , Giovanni Brigati , Paolo Giudici , Giuseppe Toscani

Many two-sample problems call for a comparison of two distributions from an exponential family. Density ratio estimation methods provide ways to solve such problems through direct estimation of the differences in natural parameters. The…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Erika Banzato , Mathias Drton , Kian Saraf-Poor , Hongjian Shi

The Fast Diffusion Equation (FDE) $u_t= \Delta u^m$, with $m\in (0,1)$, is an important model for singular nonlinear (density dependent) diffusive phenomena. Here, we focus on the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem posed on smooth bounded Euclidean…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Matteo Bonforte , Alessio Figalli