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arxiv: 1407.0836 · v2 · pith:J5X2YGVJnew · submitted 2014-07-03 · 🧮 math.PR · math.ST· stat.TH

A Lower Bound on the Relative Entropy with Respect to a Symmetric Probability

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Let $\rho$ and $\mu$ be two probability measures on $\mathbb{R}$ which are not the Dirac mass at $0$. We denote by $H(\mu|\rho)$ the relative entropy of $\mu$ with respect to $\rho$. We prove that, if $\rho$ is symmetric and $\mu$ has a finite first moment, then \[ H(\mu|\rho)\geq \frac{\displaystyle{(\int_{\mathbb{R}}z\,d\mu(z))^2}}{\displaystyle{2\int_{\mathbb{R}}z^2\,d\mu(z)}}\,,\] with equality if and only if $\mu=\rho$.

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