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Strong data processing constant is achieved by binary inputs

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arxiv 2010.01987 v2 pith:44H346ZB submitted 2020-09-16 cs.IT math.IT

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For any channel $P_{Y|X}$ the strong data processing constant is defined as the smallest number $\eta_{KL}\in[0,1]$ such that $I(U;Y)\le \eta_{KL} I(U;X)$ holds for any Markov chain $U-X-Y$. It is shown that the value of $\eta_{KL}$ is given by that of the best binary-input subchannel of $P_{Y|X}$. The same result holds for any $f$-divergence, verifying a conjecture of Cohen, Kemperman and Zbaganu (1998).

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