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On the characterization of Shannon's entropy by Shannon's inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. Aczél  and
A. M. Ostrowski
J. Aczél
Affiliation:
University of WaterlooWaterloo, Ont., Canada
A. M. Ostrowski
Affiliation:
Universität BaselBasle, Switzerland
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1. In [2,5,6,7] a.o. several interpretations of the inequality for all such that were given and the following was proved.

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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , November 1973 , pp. 368 - 374
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1973

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