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Hartley function

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proper noun

  1. A measure of uncertainty. If a sample from a finite set A uniformly at random is picked, the information revealed after the outcome is known is given by the Hartley function H_0(A):=log_b|A|, where |A| denotes the cardinality of A.

Etymology

Introduced by Ralph Hartley in 1928.

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