 Two-point lower bound with a triangular bump

For fixed-design nonparametric regression, compare $m_0=0$ with $m_1(x)=L(h-|x-x_0|{)}_{+}$. This pair has parameter separation $Lh$ at $x_0$, Lipschitz bound $L$, and Kullback-Leibler divergence at most $L^2{h}^2(2nh+1)/(2{\sigma }^2)$. Choosing $h\asymp ({\sigma }^2/(n{L}^2){)}^{1/3}$ controls total variation distance by Pinsker's inequality and yields the pointwise minimax rate for Lipschitz regression through the Le Cam two-point lemma.