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Renyi divergence and the central limit theorem

Geometric functional analysis and applications November 13, 2017 - November 17, 2017

November 13, 2017 (01:30 PM PST - 02:30 PM PST)
Speaker(s): Sergey Bobkov (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Location: SLMath: Eisenbud Auditorium
Tags/Keywords

  • The χ2-divergence

  • Renyi entropy

  • Tsallis entropy

  • central limit theorem

Primary Mathematics Subject Classification
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Video

3-Bobkov
Abstract

We will be discussing strong distances between probability distributions given by the Renyi divergences. 

The main focus is put on the study of the asymptotic behavior along normalized convolutions and the associated central limit theorem.

 

 
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30089?type=thumb Bobkov Notes 165 KB application/pdf Download
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3-Bobkov

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