Finite-order fan inequalities #
Statements for paper Section 5.4: Theorem 5.11 (thm:fan) with its pointwise certificate
(eq:fan-pointwise) and rejecting-order corollary (eq:fan-order), and Proposition 5.12
(prop:Rp). Proofs are deferred.
Arithmetic helpers for the pointwise certificate #
Paper equation (eq:fan-pointwise), multiplied by two to stay inside ℕ: for every
deterministic assignment of the fan {A^{11}} ∪ {B^{1k}, C^{1k} : k ∈ [t]}, with
a = 𝟙[A^{11} = 0], b k = 𝟙[B^{1k} = 0], c k = 𝟙[C^{1k} = 0],
∑_k a b_k c_k ≤ a + ½ ∑_{k ≠ l} b_k c_l.
Real-valued indicators #
Elementary expectation calculus #
Transport along the symmetry group #
Marginals of the tensor power #
The fan expectations #
The abstract fan inequalities #
The three rootings #
Paper Theorem 5.11 (thm:fan), first inequality: if P ∈ I^NW_t then
t z ≤ a + C(t,2) b c, where a = P_A(0), b = P_B(0), c = P_C(0), z = P(000).
Paper Theorem 5.11 (thm:fan), second inequality: if P ∈ I^NW_t then
t (z² - abc) ≤ az - abc.
Paper Theorem 5.11 (thm:fan), rejecting-order corollary (eq:fan-order): a Finner
violation z² > abc gives the explicit first rejecting order
t_min^NW(P) ≤ ⌊(z min{a,b,c} - abc)/(z² - abc)⌋ + 1.
The floor is Nat.floor; the paper's ratio is at least 1, so the two agree.
Proposition 5.12: no uniformly divergent distance lower bound #
Paper Proposition 5.12 (prop:Rp): order one is passed by every law.
Order one is passed by every law for the ancestral-independence hierarchy as well.
Paper Proposition 5.12 (prop:Rp): t_min^NW(R_p) = 2 for every 0 < p < 1, while
R_p → δ_{111} ∈ C_tri as p ↓ 0. Hence no lower bound of the form
t_min^H(P) ≥ c d_TV(P, C_tri)^{-α} can hold for all incompatible P.