On a functional equation arising in information theory (Q1073274)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3944445
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    On a functional equation arising in information theory
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3944445

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      On a functional equation arising in information theory (English)
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      1986
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      The author obtains the measurable solutions of \[ (1)\quad \sum^{n}_{i=1}\sum^{m}_{j=1}I(p_ iq_ j,v_ iw_ j)=\sum^{n}_{i=1}G(p_ i)\sum_{j}I(v_ j,w_ j)+\sum_{j}L(q_ j)\sum_{i}I(p_ i,v_ i) \] holding for some fixed pair (m,n), m,n\(\geq 3\) with \(I(0,0)=0=G(0)=L(0)\) where G,L: [0,1]\(\to {\mathbb{R}}\) are measurable functions and \(I: J\to {\mathbb{R}}\) is measurable in each variable. The equation (1) is a generalization of the well known sum form \[ (2)\sum^{n}_{i=1}\sum^{m}_{j=1}I(p_ iq_ j,v_ iw_ j)=\sum_{i}I(p_ i,v_ i)+\sum_{j}I(q_ j,w_ j) \] investigated by several authors including the reviewer. The measurable solutions are too complicated to be reproduced and they are nine in number.
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      representation of generalized additive measures of information
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      sum property
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      regular generating function
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      Shannon entropy
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      sum form equations
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      measurable solutions
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