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Suppose the variable x can assume values belonging to a finite set X which consists of N elements. We then say that the “entropy” of the variable x is equal to
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Shiryayev, A.N. (1993). Three Approaches to the Definition of the Notion of Amount of Information. In: Shiryayev, A.N. (eds) Selected Works of A. N. Kolmogorov. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2973-4_10
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