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Multivariate majorization of continuous statistical experiments

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Erkka Haapasalo

Statistics Theory · Submitted 30 Jun 2026 · 28 references

Pith's verdict: The paper extends majorization characterizations to continuous multivariate experiments via new Renyi divergences and real-algebraic methods, generalizing prior bivariate and discrete cases.

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CitationErkka Haapasalo. "Multivariate majorization of continuous statistical experiments." arXiv:2606.31296 (2026). https://pith.science/paper/7RMSGYEJ
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Inequalities on multivariate Renyi relative entropies characterize majorization of continuous statistical experiments.

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The paper derives sufficient and almost necessary conditions for large-sample and catalytic majorization between finite statistical experiments whose sample spaces are standard Borel spaces. It does so by defining multivariate generalizations of the bivariate Renyi relative entropies and proving that inequalities among these quantities decide the majorization relations. The argument relies on real-algebraic techniques rather than large-deviation methods and also shows that every general multivariate divergence arises as a barycentre of the Renyi family. These same quantities characterize the optimal conversion rate from one experiment to another. A reader would care because the result supplies explicit, checkable criteria for when one experiment can be converted into another at scale or with catalysis, extending the reach of majorization theory from discrete to continuous settings.

What carries the argument

Multivariate Renyi relative entropies, whose inequalities serve as the characterizing criterion for large-sample and catalytic majorization.

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Core claim

We derive sufficient and almost necessary conditions for large sample and catalytic majorization between finite statistical experiments over standard Borel sample spaces. We derive multivariate generalizations of the bivariate Renyi relative entropies and show that inequalities involving these multivariate Renyi divergences characterize large-sample and catalytic majorization of finite statistical experiments. As our methods are real-algebraic in nature, this work demonstrates that large deviation techniques are not the only option available to derive conditions for large sample majorization even in the case of more general sample spaces of the experiments. We also show that all general mult

Load-bearing premise

The real-algebraic methods developed for the discrete and bivariate cases extend without additional topological or measure-theoretic obstructions to the continuous multivariate setting on standard Borel spaces.

Editorial extensions

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  • Large-sample majorization holds precisely when the appropriate inequalities on the multivariate Renyi divergences are satisfied.
  • Catalytic majorization is likewise decided by the same family of inequalities.
  • Every multivariate extensive and monotone map arises as a barycentre of the Renyi divergences.
  • The optimal conversion rate between two experiments is given by the Renyi quantities.

Reading between the lines

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  • The algebraic route may permit explicit majorization checks for Gaussian or other parametric families without discretizing the sample space first.
  • The barycentre representation could be used to construct new families of divergences tailored to particular conversion problems.
  • If the extension holds, the same Renyi inequalities might decide majorization questions in continuous-time stochastic processes or in quantum statistical experiments.
Original abstract

We derive sufficient and almost necessary conditions for large sample and catalytic majorization between finite statistical experiments over standard Borel sample spaces. This work generalizes previous results, on one hand, in the bivariate case and, on the other hand, in the multivariate discrete (or, rather, finite) case, i.e., matrix majorization. We derive multivariate generalizations of the bivariate Renyi relative entropies and show that inequalities involving these multivariate Renyi divergences characterize large-sample and catalytic majorization of finite statistical experiments. As our methods are real-algebraic in nature, this work demonstrates that large deviation techniques are not the only option available to derive conditions for large sample majorization even in the case of more general sample spaces of the experiments. We also show that all general multivariate divergences, i.e., multivariate extensive and monotone maps of finite statistical experiments, can be expressed through barycentres over the set of multivariate Renyi divergences. We also show that we may characterize the optimal conversion rate of a statistical experiment into another using the multivariate Renyi divergences.

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Figure 1. The multivariate divergences of Definition 9 together with the derivations ∆pkq γ of (16) depicted in the case d “ 3. The figure is contained in the affine plane of R 3 of those points whose coordinates sum up to 1. The temperate divergences are associated with the areas A` and A´ and are depicted in green. Note that, e.g., in the lower-left part of A´, we have α1 ą 1 and α2, α3 ď 0. The red arcs represent points at infinity and they correspond to the tropical divergences. The blue points are e1 “ p1, 0, 0q, e2 “ p0, 1, 0q, and e3 “ p0, 0, 1q. The situation depicted in this figure g

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  • Using the above lemma in the same way as in the proof of Theorem 2 of [ref] (see the proof of Theorem 7 of [ref] for details), we may show that any $D∈D(P^d)$ can be expressed as a barycentre of a finite positive measure on the compactification of the set $A_+∪A_-$.

    2509.18725 · Barycentric representations of multivariate divergences · 0.92

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  • Our approach is to use the real-algebraic machinery of [ref] to derive large-sample majorization conditions and, using them and the results of [ref] , we arrive at the same characterization as that in Theorem 5.1 of [ref] .

    2509.18725 · Introduction · 0.81

  • Our approach is to use the real-algebraic machinery of [ref] to derive large-sample majorization conditions and, using them and the results of [ref] , we arrive at the same characterization as that in Theorem 5.1 of [ref] .

    All you need is log · Introduction · 0.81

  • The biggest difference between the approaches taken in this paper and in [ref] is that, in this paper, Theorem [ref] is a consequence of Theorem [ref] proven using real-algebraic techniques and the results of [ref] whereas, in [ref] , the methodology similar with [ref] is used, but the preceding proof techniques are different [ref] .

    Information from coincidences · Barycentric representations of multivariate divergences · 1.00

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