Given any finite set equipped with a probability measure, one may compute its Shannon entropy or information content. The entropy becomes the logarithm of the cardinality of the set when the uniform probability is used. Leinster introduced a notion of Euler characteristic for certain finite categories, also known as magnitude, that can be seen as a categorical generalization of cardinality. This paper aims to connect the two ideas by considering the extension of Shannon entropy to finite categories endowed with probability, in such a way that the magnitude is recovered when a certain choice of "uniform" probability is made.
翻译:考虑到任何带有概率计量的有限数据集,人们可以计算其香农 entropy 或信息内容。当使用统一概率时,该酶就成为该集的基数的对数。 Leinster为某些可被视为绝对概括基数的有限类别,也称为星度,引入了Euler特性的概念。本文件的目的是考虑将香农 entropy 扩展至具有概率的有限类别,从而在作出某种“统一”概率选择时恢复该星数。</s>