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20092026
most citedA proof of the Shepp-Olkin entropy concavity conjecture

18 citations · 47 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

math.NT2026

Weighted mean squares of and : closed forms, reciprocity, and a missing identity

Sébastien Darses, Erwan Hillion

This short note is a concise yet complete overview, intended for students, researchers, and AIs, bringing together in a unified notation the closed-form and reciprocity identities…

math.PR2023

Covariance inequalities for convex and log-concave functions

Michel Bonnefont, Erwan Hillion, Adrien Saumard

Extending results of Harg{é} and Hu for the Gaussian measure, we prove inequalities for the covariance Cov where is a general product probability measure on $\mathbb{…

math.NT2022★ 1 cited

Polynomial Moments with a weighted Zeta Square measure on the critical line

Sébastien Darses, Erwan Hillion

We prove closed-form identities for the sequence of moments on the whole critical line . They are finite sums involving binomial coefficients,…

math.FA2020

Polynomial approximations in a generalized Nyman-Beurling criterion

François Alouges, Sébastien Darses, Erwan Hillion

The Nyman-Beurling criterion, equivalent to the Riemann hypothesis (RH), is an approximation problem in the space of square integrable functions on , involving dilation…

math.NT2020

An exponentially averaged Vasyunin formula

Sébastien Darses, Erwan Hillion

We prove a Vasyunin-type formula for an autocorrelation function arising from a Nyman-Beurling criterion generalized to a probabilistic framework. This formula can also be seen as…

math.PR2018★ 7 cited

A proof of the Shepp-Olkin entropy monotonicity conjecture

Erwan Hillion, Oliver Johnson

Consider tossing a collection of coins, each fair or biased towards heads, and take the distribution of the total number of heads that result. It is natural to conjecture that this…

math.PR2018★ 1 cited

An extremal property of the normal distribution, with a discrete analog

Erwan Hillion, Oliver Johnson, Adrien Saumard

We prove, using the Brascamp-Lieb inequality, that the Gaussian measure is the only strong log-concave measure having a strong log-concavity parameter equal to its covariance matri…

math.NT2018

On probabilistic generalizations of the Nyman-Beurling criterion for the zeta function

Sébastien Darses, Erwan Hillion

The Nyman-Beurling criterion is an approximation problem in the space of square integrable functions on , which is equivalent to the Riemann hypothesis. This involves d…

math.PR2015★ 18 cited

A proof of the Shepp-Olkin entropy concavity conjecture

Erwan Hillion, Oliver Johnson

We prove the Shepp--Olkin conjecture, which states that the entropy of the sum of independent Bernoulli random variables is concave in the parameters of the individual random varia…

math.PR2014

Entropy along W_{1,+}-geodesics on graphs

Erwan Hillion

We study the convexity of the entropy functional along particular interpolating curves defined on the space of finitely supported probability measures on a graph.

math.PR2014

-interpolation of probability measures on graphs

Erwan Hillion

We generalize an equation introduced by Benamou and Brenier, characterizing Wasserstein W_p-geodesics for p > 1, from the continuous setting of probability distributions on a Riema…

math.PR2013★ 12 cited

Discrete versions of the transport equation and the Shepp-Olkin conjecture

Erwan Hillion, Oliver Johnson

We introduce a framework to consider transport problems for integer-valued random variables. We introduce weighting coefficients which allow us to characterize transport problems i…

math.PR2011★ 7 cited

A natural derivative on [0,n] and a binomial Poincaré inequality

Erwan Hillion, Oliver Johnson, Yaming Yu

We consider probability measures supported on a finite discrete interval . We introduce a new finitedifference operator , defined as a linear combination of left a…

math.MG2009★ 1 cited

On Prekopa-Leindler inequalities on metric-measure spaces

Erwan Hillion

This work is devoted to the geometric analysis of metric-measure spaces satisfying a Prekopa-Leindler or a more general Borell-Brascamp-Lieb inequality. Completing the early invest…