Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
0 votes
0 answers
34 views

Does the definition of mixing time work for general non-Markovian processes?

A definition of the mixing time for Markov chains is given by \begin{equation} \tau_{\text{mix}}\equiv\inf{\{t>0: \sup_i\left\vert \frac{\boldsymbol{p}(t|p_j(0)=\delta_{ij})}{\boldsymbol{\pi}}-\...
2 votes
1 answer
176 views

Monotonicity of Dirichlet form of Markov chain

Consider a continuous-time, irreducible Markov chain $X_t$ on a finite state space $E$. Assume the jump rates are $R(x,y)$ for $x,y\in E$, the generator is $L$, i.e for any function $f$ on E, $$Lf(x)=\...
2 votes
1 answer
114 views

Strong Data Processing Inequality for capped channels

Let $X$ and $Y$ be two $\rho$ correlated Gaussian vectors, such that $X,Y\sim N(0,1)^n$ and $E[X_iY_i]=\rho$. Let $M_X = f(X)$ and $M_Y = f(Y)$ be $k$-bit functions of $X$ and $Y$, that is $H(X)=H(Y)=...
2 votes
1 answer
185 views

Entropy rate problem of ergodic Markov process with non-ergodic joint

I have a problem with the entropy rate when two ergodic Markov processes who are independent of each other having a non-ergodic joint. More specifically let us consider two finite-state Markov ...