Maximal correlation and the rate of Fisher information convergence in the Central Limit Theorem

Abstract: We consider the behaviour of the Fisher information of scaled sums of independent and identically distributed random variables in the Central Limit Theorem regime. We show how this behaviour can be related to the second-largest non-trivial eigenvalue associated with the Hirschfeld--Gebelein--R\'{e}nyi maximal correlation. We prove that assuming this eigenvalue satisfies a strict inequality, an $O(1/n)$ rate of convergence and a strengthened form of monotonicity hold.