I've never been quite clear how straightforward the relationship is between thermodynamic entropy and info. theory entropy. Is it just that thermodynamic entropy is equal to info. theory entropy for a discrete uniform distribution over a number of outcomes equal to...
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Replying to @AndrewM_Webb @InertialObservr
the number of microstates associated with your macrostate? Or is there more to it than that?
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I should have thought before I typed, it looks like it is equal to that up to a scaling factor. What's k?
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just a proportionality constant .. in natural units we take the boltzmann constant k=1
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