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Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 1978 Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 196–198 (Mi tvp3026)

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On the entropy of a multinomial distribution

P. Mateev

Bulgaria

Abstract: It is shown that the multinomial distribution corresponding to $n$ independent trials with probabilities $p_0,\dots,p_{t+1}$ of $t+1$ outcomes in each trial, has the maximal entropy if $p_0=\dots=p_t=1/(1+t)$.

Received: 24.04.1976


 English version:
Theory of Probability and its Applications, 1978, 23:1, 188–190

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