On simplex points, the real-valued branch of negative_entropy_on_stdSimplex is the usual
coordinatewise negative-entropy sum.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: the scalar entropy correction x ↦ x log x - x² / 2 is convex
on [0,1].
Helper for Proposition 5.14: under a + b = 1, the weighted square defect of two scalars is
a * b * (u - v)^2.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: convexity of x ↦ x log x - x² / 2 on [0,1] yields the
coordinatewise entropy gap with the exact quadratic defect.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: the simplex negative entropy satisfies the Euclidean Jensen gap
with modulus 1 in raw coordinates.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: if two simplex coordinates sum to zero, then each coordinate vanishes.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: the fixed active support of a simplex segment carries all of the segment mass.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: on the fixed active support, every interior segment coordinate is strictly positive.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: Titu's lemma on the fixed active support yields the global
ℓ₁-square reciprocal-form bound along simplex segments.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: restricting the entropy sum to the fixed active support does not
change its value along the simplex segment, because the complement coordinates stay equal to 0.
Helper for Proposition 5.14: on the active support, the coordinate slice
t ↦ ((1 - t) x_i + t y_i) log ((1 - t) x_i + t y_i) admits explicit first and second
derivatives on the interior of [0, 1].
Helper for Proposition 5.14: the active-support entropy slice corrected by the
ℓ₁-quadratic term is convex on [0, 1].
Helper for Proposition 5.14: the simplex negative entropy satisfies the raw ℓ₁ Jensen gap
with modulus 1 in coordinates.
Proposition 5.14 (1): the negative entropy on the unit simplex is 1-strongly convex with
respect to the l_1 norm, stated in the canonical real-valued form on the simplex itself.
Proposition 5.14 (2): the negative entropy on the unit simplex is 1-strongly convex with
respect to the l_2 norm, stated in the canonical real-valued form on the simplex itself.