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Entropy submodularity for three independent sums

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For independent finitely supported random variables X,Y,Z in a finite additive group,
H(X+Y+Z)+H(Y)≤H(X+Y)+H(Y+Z).
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This is the data processing inequality for mutual information applied to the Markov chain X→X+Y→X+Y+Z.

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