Entropic Balog-Szemerédi-Gowers theorem

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Entropic Balog-Szemerédi-Gowers theorem by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For finitely supported random variables in an abelian group,
To prove it, take two conditionally independent copies and of given . Since , entropy submodularity gives
The first two terms are at most . The last joint entropy is
Consequently . Subtracting
from this bound proves the theorem.

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