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by gsf_emergency_4 209 days ago
Guys... Give me say, an accepted PR to mathlib and we can talk entropy
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It is comical when scientific journalism has to describe not one famous name’s entropy, some up to six different kinds.

The mystical occult interpretations confuse the end value, its usage, the narrow term of loss, or the quirky unexpected.

Entropy is the equation, not the value. Which P? What is the surface area? How does P distribute over the surface area?

And loss is that value minus work achieved.

In all cases everywhere every time, entropy is the distribution of Potential over the surface area of negative Potential.

Patched?