• DocumentCode
    133643
  • Title

    Some refelections about the Lambert W function as inverse of x · log(x)

  • Author

    Tamm, Ulrich

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Appl. Sci., Bielefeld, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-14 Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITA.2014.6804273
  • Filename
    6804273
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=133643