Non-linear information inequalities (Q845382)

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    Non-linear information inequalities (English)
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    29 January 2010
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    Summary: We construct non-linear information inequalities from Matúš's infinite series of linear information inequalities. Each single non-linear inequality is sufficiently strong to prove that the closure of the set of all entropy functions is not polyhedral for four or more random variables, a fact that was already established using the series of linear inequalities. To the best of our knowledge, they are the first non-trivial examples of non-linear information inequalities.
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    entropy
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    entropy function
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    nonlinear information inequality
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    nonshannon type information inequality
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