"Rényi entropy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Rényi entropies [plural]
Etymology: Named after Alfréd Rényi (1921–1970), Hungarian mathematician. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Rényi entropy (countable and uncountable, plural Rényi entropies)
  1. (information theory) A quantity that generalizes various notions of entropy, including Hartley entropy, Shannon entropy, collision entropy, and min-entropy. Wikipedia link: Alfréd Rényi Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Information theory

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