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*Gotcha: a data generator may have the option of using say 256 symbols but only use 200 of those symbols for a set of data. So it becomes a matter of semantics if you chose n=256 or n=200, and neither may work (giving the same entropy when expressed in a different symbol set) because an implicit compression has been applied.
 
== possible typo in an equation ==
About in the middle of the task's preamble, there is a formula:
 
The total entropy in bits of the example above is S= 10*18.4644 = 18.4644 bits.
 
Should the last number be   '''184.644'''   (instead)?   -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 03:29, 16 August 2016 (UTC)