Common Information Dimension

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Main Authors: Hanna, Osama, Li, Xinlin, Diggavi, Suhas, Fragouli, Christina
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Published: 2023
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author Hanna, Osama
Li, Xinlin
Diggavi, Suhas
Fragouli, Christina
author_facet Hanna, Osama
Li, Xinlin
Diggavi, Suhas
Fragouli, Christina
contents The exact common information between a set of random variables $X_1,...,X_n$ is defined as the minimum entropy of a shared random variable that allows for the exact distributive simulation of $X_1,...,X_n$. It has been established that, in certain instances, infinite entropy is required to achieve distributive simulation, suggesting that continuous random variables may be needed in such scenarios. However, to date, there is no established metric to characterize such cases. In this paper, we propose the concept of Common Information Dimension (CID) with respect to a given class of functions $\mathcal{F}$, defined as the minimum dimension of a random variable $W$ required to distributively simulate a set of random variables $X_1,...,X_n$, such that $W$ can be expressed as a function of $X_1,\cdots,X_n$ using a member of $\mathcal{F}$. Our main contributions include the computation of the common information dimension for jointly Gaussian random vectors in a closed form, with $\mathcal{F}$ being the linear functions class.
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Hanna, Osama
Li, Xinlin
Diggavi, Suhas
Fragouli, Christina
Information Theory
The exact common information between a set of random variables $X_1,...,X_n$ is defined as the minimum entropy of a shared random variable that allows for the exact distributive simulation of $X_1,...,X_n$. It has been established that, in certain instances, infinite entropy is required to achieve distributive simulation, suggesting that continuous random variables may be needed in such scenarios. However, to date, there is no established metric to characterize such cases. In this paper, we propose the concept of Common Information Dimension (CID) with respect to a given class of functions $\mathcal{F}$, defined as the minimum dimension of a random variable $W$ required to distributively simulate a set of random variables $X_1,...,X_n$, such that $W$ can be expressed as a function of $X_1,\cdots,X_n$ using a member of $\mathcal{F}$. Our main contributions include the computation of the common information dimension for jointly Gaussian random vectors in a closed form, with $\mathcal{F}$ being the linear functions class.
title Common Information Dimension
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.06469