From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 18:45:16 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: More on "Entropy"
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At 6:46 PM 9/22/95, David Van Wie wrote:

>Having overcome my initial skepticism on the entire topic of entropy, based
>on the useful pointers to the literature I have received, I agree
>wholeheartedly with the need for _positive_ design criteria against which
>designs may be evaluated.  For initial consideration, I recommend the
>following:
>
>The entropy E is defined by the sum across n states of -P_i log_2(P_i),

Hah! Another physicist converted to the information-theoretic view of entropy!

I should've pointed out in my reading list that several names stand out in
this interpretation:


- Charles Bennett

- Rolf Landauer

- John Wheeler


Just so you know.

ObNetscapeHack: None.


--Tim May


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