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March 10, 2026Open Access

Contextual Entropy Reduction in Mixture Models: A Conditional Theorem, Proof, and Worked Example

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The aim is to prove that hierarchical context reduces predictive entropy in finite mixture models.
Proved the conditional theorem with strict inequality diagnostics.
Introduced a softmax parameterization for hierarchical context.
Conducted a quantitative analysis of approximation error under assumption violation.
Provided a worked example with verification code.
Showed equality in predictive entropy under certain conditions.
Established strict inequality when mutual information is positive.
Demonstrated the theorem through a reproducible example.

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This record contains the manuscript 'Contextual Entropy Reduction in Mixture Models: A Conditional Theorem, Proof, and Worked Example. ' The paper proves that hierarchical context reduces predictive entropy in finite mixture models in expectation: EH (Qₚsi) = H (X|Psi) 0. The manuscript provides an explicit theorem statement with named assumptions, strictness and equality diagnostics, a softmax parameterization for hierarchical context, a quantitative analysis of approximation error under assumption violation, and a reproducible finite-alphabet worked example with verification code. Claims are intentionally limited to this conditional entropy theorem and its assumptions.

Contextual Entropy Reduction in Mixture Models: A Conditional Theorem, Proof, and Worked Example

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