 Relative Fisher information (source code)

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= Relative Fisher information
{title2=$I(f\mid g)=\int|\nabla\log(f/g)|^2f$}

For sufficiently regular positive <probability densities>, this compares their spatial logarithmic derivatives. It is the dissipation functional for <relative entropy> under suitable diffusion equations. For standard Gaussian $g=\gamma$, it becomes $\int|\nabla\log f+v|^2f$, and in one dimension equals $\int|f'|^2/f+\int v^2f-2$ at unit <mass>.

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