Entropy of an infinite sequence?
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Does an infinite sequence always have finite entropy? For example, doesn't $a_n=n$ , the sequence of non-negative integers, have very low entropy? It feels like all "well-defined" sequences ought to have low entropy because there's very little surprise about the next element.
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asked Nov 18 at 16:21
Matt Thomas
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