Title :
Some refelections about the Lambert W function as inverse of x · log(x)
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Appl. Sci., Bielefeld, Germany
Abstract :
The Lambert W function fulfills W(y)· eW(y) = y. With the choice y = log (x) it can hence be applied to invert the function f (x) = x · log(x), which is of some interest in the problems discussed. Further applications of the Lambert W function in information theory are briefly surveyed.
Keywords :
functions; information theory; Lambert W function; information theory; Approximation methods; Educational institutions; Entropy; Games; Information theory; Taylor series; Lambert W function; binary entropy; take away games;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/ITA.2014.6804273
