Entropies of compact subsets and supported measures
arXiv:2608.09702
2026
Architecture
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What the math gives to ML
The paper provides a precise entropy-amplification mechanism under the probability-measure lift of a dynamical system: a compact state set with positive upper-capacity entropy induces infinite upper-capacity entropy on the space of all probability measures supported on that set. The transferable asset is a construction showing that distribution-valued states can amplify trajectory distinctions into arbitrarily many distinguishable mixture states. A neural implementation is a measure-valued latent or world model represented by particles or weighted prototypes, with the learned state map applied independently to particles and an auxiliary objective preserving ensemble diversity. The theorem predicts a sharp zero-versus-unbounded transition that can be tested by measuring separated trajectory counts as particle count and horizon increase.
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2026
Replace a deterministic latent state with a probability measure over latent states, represented by particles or weighted prototypes. Apply the learned latent transition to every particle, so one base trajectory map induces a dynamics on distributions; use an entropy-preservation or entropy-growth regularizer to prevent collapse of the ensemble. The mechanism predicts that any positive base-state trajectory entropy can generate unbounded distinguishability in the ideal measure space through…
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