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Matematicheskie Zametki, 1968, Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 323–332 (Mi mzm9452)  

This article is cited in 9 scientific papers (total in 9 papers)

Nonsymmetrical distance between probability distributions, entropy and the theorem of Pythagoras

N. N. Chentsov

Institute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Abstract: The Kullback–Leibler information $I[Q\mid P]$ for discrimination in favor of the probability distribution $Q$ against $P$ is considered as a nonsymmetrical analog of one half of the square of the distance between the “points” $Q$ and $P$. For the $n$-dimensional “planes” we take the exponential families. We shall prove a nonsymmetrical analogue of the theorem of Pythagoras in the formulation: “The squared length of an oblique line equals the sum of the squared lengths of the perpendicular and the projection of the oblique line,” and also an analog of the cosine theorem and the like.
Received: 15.02.1968
English version:
Mathematical Notes, 1968, Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 686–691
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116448
Bibliographic databases:
Document Type: Article
UDC: 519.2
Language: Russian
Citation: N. N. Chentsov, “Nonsymmetrical distance between probability distributions, entropy and the theorem of Pythagoras”, Mat. Zametki, 4:3 (1968), 323–332; Math. Notes, 4:3 (1968), 686–691
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