Solution of Shannon’s problem on the monotonicity of entropy

DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-04-00459-XzbMath1062.94006OpenAlexW1544500240WikidataQ56070029 ScholiaQ56070029MaRDI QIDQ4821035

Assaf Naor, Franck Barthe, Keith M. Ball, Shiri Artstein-Avidan

Publication date: 7 October 2004

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0894-0347-04-00459-x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10)

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