A functional equation related to generalized entropies and the modular group

DOI10.1007/S00010-020-00717-2zbMATH Open1458.94176arXiv1910.06927OpenAlexW3103257272MaRDI QIDQ2216451FDOQ2216451

Authors: Daniel Bennequin, Juan Pablo Vigneaux 

Publication date: 16 December 2020

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve a functional equation connected to the algebraic characterization of generalized information functions. To prove the symmetry of the solution, we study a related system of functional equations, which involves two homographies. These transformations generate the modular group, and this fact plays a crucial role in solving the system. The method suggests a more general relation between conditional probabilities and arithmetic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.06927

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zbMATH Keywords

Shannon entropyfunctional equationmodular groupTsallis entropygeneralized entropiesinformation cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Coding theorems (Shannon theory) (94A24)

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