Suppose I have two discrete $n$-dimensional distributions $P$ and $Q$. Is there a closed formula for a distribution $X$ that has equal distance from $P$ and $Q$. Namely, $X$ is a distribution that satisfies $$D_{KL}(P\|X) = D_{KL}(Q\|X)$$
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The middle point for KL divergence
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