We generalize a result by Carlen and Cordero-Erausquin on the equivalence between the Brascamp-Lieb inequality and the subadditivity of relative entropy by allowing for random transformations (a broadcast channel). This leads to a unified perspective on several functional inequalities that have been gaining popularity in the context of proving impossibility results. We demonstrate that the information theoretic dual of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality is a convenient setting for proving properties such as data processing, tensorization, convexity and Gaussian optimality. Consequences of the latter include an extension of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality allowing for Gaussian random transformations, the determination of the multivariate Wyner common information for Gaussian sources, and a multivariate version of Nelson's hypercontractivity theorem. Finally we present an information theoretic characterization of a reverse Brascamp-Lieb inequality involving a random transformation (a multiple access channel).
Recently, Liu et al. REF provided a unified perspective on several functional inequalities used in the study of strong DPIs and hypercontractivity.
Brascamp-Lieb inequality and its reverse: An information theoretic view
2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
Computer Science Mathematics