A note about entropy
General Mathematics
2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
A mathematical interpretation of the usual definition of entropy (for a discrete probability distribution or a trace 1 positive operator) is given. This formulation makes some properties of entropy immediate.
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@article{arxiv.math/0602185,
title = {A note about entropy},
author = {Eliahu Levy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602185},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
A note of 2 pages. The example at the end has been extended