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Estimating the entropy of a discrete random variable is a fundamental problem in information theory and related fields. This problem has many applications in various domains, including machine learning, statistics and data compression. Over…
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Let $f:X\to X$ be a dominating meromorphic map of a compact K\"ahler surface of large topological degree. Let $S$ be a positive closed current on $X$ of bidegree $(1,1)$. We consider an ergodic measure $\nu$ of large entropy supported by…
A natural link between the notions of majorization and strongly Sperner posets is elucidated. It is then used to obtain a variety of consequences, including new R\'enyi entropy inequalities for sums of independent, integer-valued random…
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Reinforcement learning can learn amortised design policies for designing sequences of experiments. However, current amortised methods rely on estimators of expected information gain (EIG) that require an exponential number of samples on the…
We show that if the upper Assouad dimension of the compact set $E\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ is positive, then given any $D>\dim_{A}E$ there is a measure with support $E$ and upper Assouad (or regularity) dimension $D$. Similarly, given any…
Let us consider $k ~(\ge 2)$ independent populations $\Pi_1, \ldots,\Pi_k$, where $\Pi_i$ follows exponential distribution with hazard rate ${\sigma_i},$ ($i = 1,\ldots,k$). Suppose $Y_{i1},\ldots, Y_{in}$ be a random sample of size $n$…
Shannon entropy is widely used to quantify the uncertainty of discrete random variables. But when normalized to the unit interval, as is often done in practice, it no longer conveys the alphabet sizes of the random variables being studied.…
A simple procedure to estimate O(alpha_s^3) and O(alpha_s^4) corrections to mass-dependent observables is conjectured. The method is tested in a number of cases where the O(alpha_s^3) contribution is exactly known, and reasonable agreement…
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