An analytic approximation for floating-point entropy is derived that links to a new quantity, with scale-invariance proven and closed forms given for common distributions.
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The Entropy of Floating-Point Numbers
An analytic approximation for floating-point entropy is derived that links to a new quantity, with scale-invariance proven and closed forms given for common distributions.