The simplex-only representation conjecture for symmetric W-way DPI-additive divergences

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Let WW be a positive integer and let DD be a symmetric, WW-way DPI-additive divergence on bounded WW-tuples of probability distributions. Write

ΔW={α∈[0,1]W:∑k=1Wαk=1}\Delta_W=\{\alpha\in[0,1]^W:\sum_{k=1}^W\alpha_k=1\}

and let Cα\mathsf{C}_{\alpha} denote the simplex-indexed divergence atom. A Borel measure is SW\mathfrak{S}_W-invariant when it is invariant under permutation of the WW coordinates. The simplex-only representation conjecture. Every such DD admits a representation

D(π)=∫ΔWCα(π) dm(α),D(\boldsymbol{\pi})=\int_{\Delta_W}\mathsf{C}_{\alpha}(\boldsymbol{\pi})\,dm(\alpha),

for a finite, SW\mathfrak{S}_W-invariant Borel measure mm on ΔW\Delta_W. The claim is the simplex-restricted form of the proposed Choquet representation; the surrounding framework includes additional boundary strata, so whether all symmetric DPI-additive divergences are captured by simplex atoms alone is unresolved.

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Akshay Balsubramani, “All you need is log”, arXiv:2606.27349 (2026).

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