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Dobrushin and Steif metrics are equal

Probability 2021-04-20 v1

Abstract

It is proved that two useful and apparently different metrics on the set of Borel probabilities on countable products of Polish spaces of bounded diameters are equal. This paves the way for advances in their computation.

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@article{arxiv.2104.08365,
  title  = {Dobrushin and Steif metrics are equal},
  author = {J. Armstrong-Goodall and R. S. MacKay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08365},
  year   = {2021}
}
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