 Log-sum inequality (source code)

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= Log-sum inequality
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For nonnegative $a_i,b_i$, with $a=\sum_i a_i$ and $b=\sum_i b_i$, the log-sum inequality is
$$
\sum_i a_i\log\frac{a_i}{b_i}\geq a\log\frac ab.
$$
It proves both <Gibbs inequality> and the <data processing inequality for relative entropy>.

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