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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