Hartley function

English

Etymology

Introduced by Template:W in 1928.

Proper noun

1. Template:Lb 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 $H_0(A):={\mathrm{l}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{g}}_b|A|$, where $|A|$ denotes the cardinality of A.