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Convexity and semicontinuity of the relative entropy function

There are several different definitions of relative entropy, and some of them are not equivalent. Following is the definition we will use in this question. Let $M$ be a closed manifold and $\mathcal{...
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order of convergence of the conditional entropy

Let $X_n$ be a random variable distributed on $A_n:=\{1, \ldots, n\}$ and $g_n\colon A_n \to A_n$ such that $\Pr\big(X_n \neq g_n(X_n)\big) \to 0$. Putting $Y_n=g(X_n)$ then by Fano's inequality $$\...
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