Entropy of semipatterns or how to connect the dots to minimize entropy

Jonathan Ashley; Ethan M. Coven; William Geller

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1991-1086320-3

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

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01 Jan 1991

Entropy of semipatterns or how to connect the dots to minimize entropy

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In this paper we solve the following problem: Given a map ip froma finite subset of the reals into the reals, how do you connect the dots in the graph of p in order to minimize the topological entropy of the resulting map of the interval. © 1991 American Mathematical Society.

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