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Re: Shannon entropy



I wrote:
...Shannon entropy...

Tina Fanetti wrote:

Forgive my ignorance but I have no idea what that quote means....

Briefly:
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/thermo-laws.htm#sec-second-law
In more detail, but still very introductory:
ftp://ftp.ncifcrf.gov/pub/delila/primer.ps
Well-organized links to lots and lots of references:
http://www.math.psu.edu/gunesch/entropy.html
More generally (4500 hits):
http://www.google.com/search?q=shannon-entropy