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Quote: entropy is the measure of information; the only continuous property that increases with more choices, and decomposition is a weighted sum
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Can we define a quantity which will measure, … [a Markoff] process, or better, at what rate information is produced? … [p. 49] If there is such a measure, say … ,p_n), it is reasonable to require of it … 2. If all the p_i are equal … H should be a monotonic increasing function of … 3. If a choice be broken down into … H. … Theorem 2: The only H satisfying the three … K is a positive constant. [p. 50] … The form of H will be recognized as … of a system being in cell i of … [p. 51] We shall call H = - .sum. … ,p_n. Google-1 Google-2
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