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Information Theory Symbols

Entropy, probability, expectation, divergence, mutual information, and coding notation.

Information theory uses probability notation together with logarithms, expectations, entropies, and coding quantities.

1 reviewed symbols

SymbolName and semantic roleLaTeXUnicodeAction
SummationAn operator, relation, connective, or notation mark whose meaning depends on its operands and context.\sumU+2211
Browse 1 supporting information theory symbols symbols
SymbolName and semantic roleLaTeXUnicodeAction
PProbabilityAn operator, relation, connective, or notation mark whose meaning depends on its operands and context.PU+0050

Verified notation examples

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