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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: proof |
| 3 | +mathjax: true |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +author: "Joram Soch" |
| 6 | +affiliation: "BCCN Berlin" |
| 7 | +e_mail: "joram.soch@bccn-berlin.de" |
| 8 | +date: 2020-12-02 16:39:00 |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +title: "Addition of the differential entropy upon multiplication with a constant" |
| 11 | +chapter: "General Theorems" |
| 12 | +section: "Information theory" |
| 13 | +topic: "Differential entropy" |
| 14 | +theorem: "Addition upon multiplication" |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +sources: |
| 17 | + - authors: "Wikipedia" |
| 18 | + year: 2020 |
| 19 | + title: "Differential entropy" |
| 20 | + in: "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" |
| 21 | + pages: "retrieved on 2020-02-12" |
| 22 | + url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_entropy#Properties_of_differential_entropy" |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +proof_id: "P200" |
| 25 | +shortcut: "dent-add" |
| 26 | +username: "JoramSoch" |
| 27 | +--- |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +**Theorem:** Let $X$ be a [continuous](/D/rvar-disc) [random variable](/D/rvar). Then, the [differential entropy](/D/dent) of $X$ increases additively upon multiplication with a constant: |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +$$ \label{eq:dent-add} |
| 33 | +\mathrm{h}(aX) = \mathrm{h}(X) + \log |a| \; . |
| 34 | +$$ |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +**Proof:** By definition, the [differential entropy](/D/dent) of $X$ is |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +$$ \label{eq:X-dent} |
| 40 | +\mathrm{h}(X) = - \int_{\mathcal{X}} p(x) \log p(x) \, \mathrm{d}x |
| 41 | +$$ |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +where $p(x) = f_X(x)$ is the [probability density function](/D/pdf) of $X$. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Define the mappings between $X$ and $Y = aX$ as |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +$$ \label{eq:X-Y} |
| 48 | +Y = g(X) = aX \quad \Leftrightarrow \quad X = g^{-1}(Y) = \frac{Y}{a} \; . |
| 49 | +$$ |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +If $a > 0$, then $g(X)$ is a [strictly increasing function, such that the probability density function](/P/pdf-sifct) of $Y$ is |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +$$ \label{eq:Y-pdf-c1} |
| 54 | +f_Y(y) = f_X(g^{-1}(y)) \, \frac{\mathrm{d}g^{-1}(y)}{\mathrm{d}y} \overset{\eqref{eq:X-Y}}{=} \frac{1}{a} \, f_X\left(\frac{y}{a}\right) \; , |
| 55 | +$$ |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +and if $a < 0$, then $g(X)$ is a [strictly decreasing function, such that the probability density function](/P/pdf-sifct) of $Y$ is |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +$$ \label{eq:Y-pdf-c2} |
| 60 | +f_Y(y) = - f_X(g^{-1}(y)) \, \frac{\mathrm{d}g^{-1}(y)}{\mathrm{d}y} \overset{\eqref{eq:X-Y}}{=} -\frac{1}{a} \, f_X\left(\frac{y}{a}\right) \; , |
| 61 | +$$ |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +such that we can write |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +$$ \label{eq:Y-pdf} |
| 66 | +f_Y(y) = \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X\left(\frac{y}{a}\right) \; . |
| 67 | +$$ |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +Writing down the differential entropy for $Y$, we have: |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +$$ \label{eq:Y-dent-s1} |
| 72 | +\begin{split} |
| 73 | +\mathrm{h}(Y) &= - \int_{\mathcal{Y}} f_Y(y) \log f_Y(y) \, \mathrm{d}y \\ |
| 74 | +&\overset{\eqref{eq:Y-pdf}}{=} - \int_{\mathcal{Y}} \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X\left(\frac{y}{a}\right) \log \left[ \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X\left(\frac{y}{a}\right) \right] \, \mathrm{d}y |
| 75 | +\end{split} |
| 76 | +$$ |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Substituting $x = y/a$, such that $y = ax$, this yields: |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +$$ \label{eq:Y-dent-s2} |
| 81 | +\begin{split} |
| 82 | +\mathrm{h}(Y) &= - \int_{\left\lbrace y/a \,|\, y \in {\mathcal{Y}} \right\rbrace} \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X\left(\frac{ax}{a}\right) \log \left[ \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X\left(\frac{ax}{a}\right) \right] \, \mathrm{d}(ax) \\ |
| 83 | +&= - \int_{\mathcal{X}} f_X(x) \log \left[ \left| \frac{1}{a} \right| \, f_X(x) \right] \, \mathrm{d}x \\ |
| 84 | +&= - \int_{\mathcal{X}} f_X(x) \left[ \log f_X(x) - \log |a| \right] \, \mathrm{d}x \\ |
| 85 | +&= - \int_{\mathcal{X}} f_X(x) \log f_X(x) \, \mathrm{d}x + \log |a| \int_{\mathcal{X}} f_X(x) \, \mathrm{d}x \\ |
| 86 | +&\overset{\eqref{eq:X-dent}}{=} \mathrm{h}(X) + \log |a| \; . |
| 87 | +\end{split} |
| 88 | +$$ |
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