information entropy

Summary

information entropy is a mathematical expression^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of mathematical_expression entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,991 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• information entropy is credited with the discovery of Claude Shannon^[3].
• information entropy's instance of is recorded as mathematical expression^[4].
• information entropy's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept^[5].
• information entropy's GND ID is recorded as 4743861-7^[6].
• information entropy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85044152^[7].
• information entropy's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11985913j^[8].
• information entropy's subclass of is recorded as information content^[9].
• information entropy's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity^[10].
• information entropy's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01191172^[11].
• information entropy's Commons category is recorded as Entropy and information^[12].
• information entropy's opposite of is recorded as negentropy^[13].
• information entropy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03zhv^[14].
• information entropy's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph425914^[15].
• information entropy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Entropy and information^[16].
• information entropy's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX535116^[17].
• information entropy's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as Wikiversity^[18].
• information entropy's facet of is recorded as information^[19].
• information entropy's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-13:2008 Quantities and units — Part 13: Information science and technology^[20].
• information entropy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/entropy-information-theory^[21].
• information entropy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shannons-entropy^[22].
• information entropy's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10746^[23].
• information entropy's different from is recorded as negentropy^[24].
• information entropy's different from is recorded as data size^[25].
• information entropy's FAST ID is recorded as 912828^[26].
• information entropy's defining formula is recorded as H(X) = \sum_{i = 1}^{n} p(x_i) I(x_i)^[27].

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Works and Contributions

information entropy is credited with the discovery of Claude Shannon^[3].

Why It Matters

information entropy ranks in the top 10% of mathematical_expression entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,991 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]