{"entities":{"Q6080139":{"pageid":13214446,"ns":120,"title":"Item:Q6080139","lastrevid":58674180,"modified":"2026-04-06T06:54:01Z","type":"item","id":"Q6080139","labels":{"en":{"language":"en","value":"Entropy-variance inequalities for discrete log-concave random variables via degree of freedom"}},"descriptions":{"en":{"language":"en","value":"scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7756947"}},"aliases":{},"claims":{"P31":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P31","hash":"fd5912e4dab4b881a8eb0eb27e7893fef55176ad","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":56887,"id":"Q56887"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$56CBCD01-94CB-4BDC-B27F-84FEF5306368","rank":"normal"}],"P159":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P159","hash":"c1a516af655a42ee172731b7764e77e49b96123a","datavalue":{"value":{"text":"Entropy-variance inequalities for discrete log-concave random variables via degree of freedom","language":"en"},"type":"monolingualtext"},"datatype":"monolingualtext"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$E5DEB2F0-10F5-40B8-96AF-56A662E772BE","rank":"normal"}],"P225":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P225","hash":"84c9692ef1c23f3657ddf501ff3753b3136c5c61","datavalue":{"value":"1526.94011","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$D8BE20F2-EDBD-4189-B155-E6CFA36983F7","rank":"normal"}],"P16":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P16","hash":"39122f6aa2de96807b23275cf302f926e68d3a66","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5076520,"id":"Q5076520"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$962909B4-6B3B-4704-9546-0F48C7CC9E9A","rank":"normal"}],"P200":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P200","hash":"38665fe4ed2b835132254a58832c329597060029","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":175483,"id":"Q175483"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$D2233345-67DD-4B28-9A31-A3D44747CC62","rank":"normal"}],"P28":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P28","hash":"da929975ec5139a8b7639861874884ab9bcb31a0","datavalue":{"value":{"time":"+2023-10-30T00:00:00Z","timezone":0,"before":0,"after":0,"precision":11,"calendarmodel":"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1985727"},"type":"time"},"datatype":"time"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$B648BBBE-74C0-434C-A55A-6F4038DD65E8","rank":"normal"}],"P205":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P205","hash":"e36013f89b6344fc99abfc2ab4835f740e173868","datavalue":{"value":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.09115","type":"string"},"datatype":"url"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$7B4628FC-9B3D-4B30-B2F5-5F8D42B70A8E","rank":"normal"}],"P1448":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1448","hash":"d923148bbf50657d1188e462ed9b6a8bb011ca08","datavalue":{"value":"Let \\(X\\) be an integer-valued random variable with contiguous support, and suppose that \\(X\\) has a log-concave mass function, that is, \\(\\mathbb{P}(X=x)^2\\geq\\mathbb{P}(X=x-1)\\mathbb{P}(X=x+1)\\) for all \\(x\\). For \\(\\alpha>0\\) and \\(\\alpha\\not=1\\), let \\[ H_{\\alpha}(X)=\\frac{1}{1-\\alpha}\\log\\sum_{x}\\mathbb{P}(X=x)^\\alpha \\] be the R\u00e9nyi entropy of order \\(\\alpha\\), with the limit as \\(\\alpha\\to\\infty\\) the min-entropy \\(H_\\infty(X)=-\\log\\max_x\\mathbb{P}(X=x)\\), and the limit as \\(\\alpha\\to1\\) being the usual Shannon entropy. The author shows that the entropy power \\(N_\\alpha(X)=e^{2H_\\alpha(X)}\\) satisfies \\[ N_\\infty(X)\\geq1+\\mbox{Var}(X)\\,, \\] with equality asymptotically achieved for a geometric distribution with parameter going to either 0 or 1. This result is used to establish the following inequality for entropy power: if \\(S_n=X_1+\\cdots+X_n\\) is a sum of independent discrete log-concave random variables as above, then \\[ \\Delta_\\alpha(S_n)\\geq\\frac{\\alpha-1}{4(3\\alpha-1)}\\sum_{i=1}^n\\Delta_\\alpha(X_i) \\] for \\(\\alpha>1\\), where \\(\\Delta_{\\alpha}(X)=N_\\alpha(X)-1\\). The proof of the main result makes use of a definition of the degree of freedom of a log-concave sequence.","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$73CFE003-72A6-4F3E-95AB-F8CF2EB5762C","rank":"normal"}],"P1447":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1447","hash":"5429098a1f773528006a9dcbaac2d900f5323ebc","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":590467,"id":"Q590467"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$D7CD150C-099E-4901-B24F-EDE760FE81CF","rank":"normal"}],"P226":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P226","hash":"e30d62051793251cdb7305d492b252b2239dfb5e","datavalue":{"value":"94A17","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$0CE72C47-0683-4AD1-BB5D-38ADA1250504","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P226","hash":"fedc54d041dbaf3922f156ba09e5514c44ab5169","datavalue":{"value":"60E15","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$A3B0587D-D268-4B91-A0AD-F5C3D3A7F57E","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P226","hash":"a44d5e731b0cda80053db6ad84346bf1a3e85d88","datavalue":{"value":"26D15","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$2DC0C410-0A7B-4F1E-A2D1-0AE6ABE8ED6B","rank":"normal"}],"P1451":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1451","hash":"41ce0f9da66eaca8ef7d8675f87916b16d56cc12","datavalue":{"value":"7756947","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$EDE7A172-2FDF-432D-9FE8-67700AB98DF7","rank":"normal"}],"P1450":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1450","hash":"5e692c736a96ef66d30a171cd278eeb340f82d07","datavalue":{"value":"log-concave distributions","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$00071821-C6C4-4E00-919C-21A3F275001B","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1450","hash":"df11254a603bf8d204a5cafbc9c03f66b68af96c","datavalue":{"value":"degree of freedom","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$530EEEEC-058F-43B6-BAAA-B9146775BB5F","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1450","hash":"cbc2fa43b97c8c34e73e5c4bb87cd87d606d87d4","datavalue":{"value":"extreme points","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$F323D12E-03F9-4EB1-BD6D-887D65AC15F9","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1450","hash":"3844d742bd7d8b18b084fbda0664ebf9a7531c84","datavalue":{"value":"R\u00e9nyi entropy","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$0F277808-A168-43CD-A927-B92000404742","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1450","hash":"5ab688c62a59f1fe0c0e82b203825a5ea8d76eb9","datavalue":{"value":"entropy power inequalities","type":"string"},"datatype":"string"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$69C9A963-C11E-40D4-A4B3-7185D61D5D77","rank":"normal"}],"P1460":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1460","hash":"57f7fea50d2ce1b39b695c4a1313582eed405e38","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5976449,"id":"Q5976449"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$B036E284-C126-4DEA-92F3-A70149C1E9A0","rank":"normal"}],"P388":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P388","hash":"04e285d61c37b6b7df8a1fdacc8a78a447fbbe17","datavalue":{"value":"W4386491311","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$14D8A5E1-2D40-4D63-B717-0BFFEA9AC173","rank":"normal"}],"P223":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"40ddfa8a0666e629df1a2fe4f8c26a8caf5b4eeb","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5076521,"id":"Q5076521"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$028CB224-3B0A-4573-84C6-9D2973D4A6DA","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"763032321b5c7b224d96105df579e741d0dcef5e","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5743157,"id":"Q5743157"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$BAEB289C-570B-4BEA-B2DE-9216809B2BB2","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"2c804ef949308558ada5ee6969069303cdcb66ae","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2978760,"id":"Q2978760"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$1DDC9C80-E550-49A9-939F-6A4A9CA997E7","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"e86aea90bbfc14dce1cff213959315a45528c761","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5272404,"id":"Q5272404"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$C13E7D2C-A793-4C35-9701-CC7E0798810D","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"56a334488cf42b58de2573cebfea03d054e6f050","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2498832,"id":"Q2498832"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$500DD0EE-53A0-4FA4-824F-2BE182782643","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"51d142a593ec42a10e0088fd914a2d754eace1f0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":4821480,"id":"Q4821480"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$AFD8EE1C-104A-45C0-A156-ECF856CB942B","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"41a79872af99dfaf16cfb2b763fb96e8110040b6","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2986249,"id":"Q2986249"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$7F1BC2DF-DC8A-4383-9C3F-539A8098418D","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"919305bb2aa8ed274358a7d55cf02d5311bddd76","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":885265,"id":"Q885265"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$B5135F1A-54CC-4385-8613-5A0490BAAAD7","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"7e032122a2631e6913bd90256ffefe2006bf6260","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5429575,"id":"Q5429575"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$59C50F46-9330-426D-88EF-ED3C4AE94824","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"ced25ee9f9669c17dbfe00a960a434e538dde1db","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":385153,"id":"Q385153"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$6697C3B9-79C4-4AB1-A481-459A25817439","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"88e8e8430cb9ed877eebc0187316c8bc2a60dce5","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2731583,"id":"Q2731583"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$9F3D9DD3-0AD5-409D-B2B1-F2AC661BABA5","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"c243173462ee513764b9bed15d60eeddb80a4c5b","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5742244,"id":"Q5742244"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$BDE0A81F-59C4-4359-B81E-653E820B857D","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"9b6ea6a76459ef37682e0f4ee316d7cbb1a44182","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2692548,"id":"Q2692548"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$DF328C63-3E14-4052-8F2B-CB521ADF5B4A","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"a0240ab77736de1432c239106c23b38ad9f9c673","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5151693,"id":"Q5151693"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$FE6A8BA4-3ECE-48E8-8ADB-B65182DE2E57","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"e59343de1a222d73cf545ae9a3908a7eda057ebd","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2317667,"id":"Q2317667"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$DDDB02B0-7FE4-4A54-B70B-949781D5FF2E","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"e91abf8ced31c4c1645801df33b2d6eff2d4c7af","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5151691,"id":"Q5151691"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$5C925C76-B51D-48F0-A6B3-39D0CC0AD4B1","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"e436e96ba40c47c3e4e18b3b0040027e44fd639b","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":4903266,"id":"Q4903266"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$BB475B5D-C0FE-442F-8175-CF529B44B50B","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"dda40bb5431fccf523c0644e6041d0df63fc9352","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":1928539,"id":"Q1928539"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$786E1A7B-518F-42B7-BDDF-432497CEF9D0","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"6e48a84da10ff7233de91f319f1d31dfaf8eb7dd","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":485901,"id":"Q485901"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$478B5B91-0FD3-4305-B684-81BC5824F457","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P223","hash":"fc4757adc755efbc67b52b860aea15488695b1d7","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":4294628,"id":"Q4294628"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$4E83341F-5C25-4F71-AEE1-C70BB36B4561","rank":"normal"}],"P27":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P27","hash":"0952917e96fbc9e87f713a52ae73bf7d677c9224","datavalue":{"value":"10.1016/J.DISC.2023.113683","type":"string"},"datatype":"external-id"},"type":"statement","id":"Q6080139$A9B9A032-D74B-4B98-9602-BFAC39C0272B","rank":"normal"}],"P1643":[{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1643","hash":"e5f0a7a8498c338dee5eb836fd43422ec6e7ad8c","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6398579,"id":"Q6398579"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","qualifiers":{"P1659":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1659","hash":"9aec47a64f06428f51d8e551aeba6afa5603c7fd","datavalue":{"value":{"amount":"+0.8796144127845764","unit":"1"},"type":"quantity"},"datatype":"quantity"}],"P1660":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1660","hash":"a327a09ea0305e98d5cf33bd4036320e19f2aed0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6821328,"id":"Q6821328"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"}]},"qualifiers-order":["P1659","P1660"],"id":"Q6080139$7C3D02F7-9644-4FCD-BE85-4306CDFB4F17","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1643","hash":"33feea21429587f803bdbf18eda9084fe3dc7377","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":5886307,"id":"Q5886307"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","qualifiers":{"P1659":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1659","hash":"ca3cf7f6661b90674502a109125e25daa30aad81","datavalue":{"value":{"amount":"+0.8089732527732849","unit":"1"},"type":"quantity"},"datatype":"quantity"}],"P1660":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1660","hash":"a327a09ea0305e98d5cf33bd4036320e19f2aed0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6821328,"id":"Q6821328"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"}]},"qualifiers-order":["P1659","P1660"],"id":"Q6080139$4FFC3A79-4300-462C-A233-30EB8D8ECD35","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1643","hash":"9e8b45421c3240bc523e8fd65b9a31613912220e","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6632802,"id":"Q6632802"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","qualifiers":{"P1659":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1659","hash":"75496e5ad0fd3cf9be426a73b14b9243834eb011","datavalue":{"value":{"amount":"+0.7885146141052246","unit":"1"},"type":"quantity"},"datatype":"quantity"}],"P1660":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1660","hash":"a327a09ea0305e98d5cf33bd4036320e19f2aed0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6821328,"id":"Q6821328"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"}]},"qualifiers-order":["P1659","P1660"],"id":"Q6080139$51B1DB03-A3A6-4FDC-A3C3-781E5CD3045E","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1643","hash":"6a8da4b832e8ef9e56ec721d1d4f6fca600d9569","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2692548,"id":"Q2692548"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","qualifiers":{"P1659":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1659","hash":"093e3f70a31a5ca152ea467df00d2eaa782ae1e7","datavalue":{"value":{"amount":"+0.7680597901344299","unit":"1"},"type":"quantity"},"datatype":"quantity"}],"P1660":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1660","hash":"a327a09ea0305e98d5cf33bd4036320e19f2aed0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6821328,"id":"Q6821328"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"}]},"qualifiers-order":["P1659","P1660"],"id":"Q6080139$B47B3831-8DCC-4981-BF7B-C88BEC51C6C3","rank":"normal"},{"mainsnak":{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1643","hash":"7dc2eb2559b8e4a13959bc296ccaeab17ca09e51","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":2406336,"id":"Q2406336"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"},"type":"statement","qualifiers":{"P1659":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1659","hash":"7f17a790f9db01e7bdf5d4d5f9e0d9646793473b","datavalue":{"value":{"amount":"+0.7662127614021301","unit":"1"},"type":"quantity"},"datatype":"quantity"}],"P1660":[{"snaktype":"value","property":"P1660","hash":"a327a09ea0305e98d5cf33bd4036320e19f2aed0","datavalue":{"value":{"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":6821328,"id":"Q6821328"},"type":"wikibase-entityid"},"datatype":"wikibase-item"}]},"qualifiers-order":["P1659","P1660"],"id":"Q6080139$9B90FAFB-F8D8-42D2-879D-CF6784DCFE99","rank":"normal"}]},"sitelinks":{"mardi":{"site":"mardi","title":"Publication:6080139","badges":[],"url":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/wiki/Publication:6080139"}}}}}