Subject: mistake in address

From: Christopher Rose <crose>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 97 14:44:02 EDT

Sent this to the wrong adress.  sorry folks..
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Please reread my statements AND question.  I think
you'll find you answer there.
 Cheers,

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I guess my intended question was :
H(Y) = H(Y,E) ?

thanks
/pl

On Apr 11,  1:11pm, Christopher Rose wrote:
> Subject: questions
>
> Prof. Rose,
>
> How could we explain 188, eqn 8.11 ?
> H(Y) = H(Y,E) where event E is {Y=e}.
>
> Seems like this equation is not used in the proof though.
>
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>
> Remember that H(Y,E) = H(Y)+H(E|Y).
>
> Now what is H(E|Y) where E is the event
> that Y=e?
>
> And yes it is used in the proof since equation 8.12
> is a direct application.
>
> Cheers
>-- End of excerpt from Christopher Rose