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Keywords:
genetic entropy; α-entropy; random partitions; complete convergence
Summary:
We prove the complete convergence of Shannon’s, paired, genetic and α-entropy for random partitions of the unit segment. We also derive exact expressions for expectations and variances of the above entropies using special functions.
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