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function

`scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure:rv_generic.entropy`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_distn_infrastructure.py:1262

Signature

def entropy(self, *args, **kwds)

Summary

Differential entropy of the RV.

Parameters

arg1, arg2, arg3,... : array_like: The shape parameter(s) for the distribution (see docstring of the instance object for more information).
loc : array_like, optional: Location parameter (default=0).
scale : array_like, optional: Scale parameter (default=1).

Notes

Entropy is defined base e:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure import rv_discrete
>>> drv = rv_discrete(values=((0, 1), (0.5, 0.5)))
>>> np.allclose(drv.entropy(), np.log(2.0))
True

Aliases

scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure.rv_generic.entropy