Strengthened varentropy conjecture for finite positive monotone concave sequences

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Let (yn)n=1N(y_n)_{n=1}^N be a finite positive monotone and concave sequence, meaning

yn≥yn−1+yn+12,1<n<N.y_n\geq\frac{y_{n-1}+y_{n+1}}{2},\qquad 1<n<N.

For every γ>0\gamma>0, define

K(t)=(t+γ)∑n=1Nynt/γ.K(t)=(t+\gamma)\sum_{n=1}^N y_n^{t/\gamma}.

Strengthened varentropy conjecture. The function KK is log-concave: log⁡K(t)\log K(t) is concave on (−γ,+∞)(-\gamma,+\infty).

This is proposed as a strengthening of the preceding conjecture, motivated by the analogous continuous result. The source does not state that it has been proved or disproved.

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James Melbourne and Tomasz Tkocz, “Reversals of Rényi Entropy Inequalities under Log-Concavity”, arXiv:2005.10930 (2020).

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