Let X be a discrete random variable taking values {x1, x2, . . . , xn} with probability {p1, p2, . . . , pn}. The entropy of the random variable is defined as H(X) = − Σn i=1 pi*log(pi) Find the probability mass function for the above discrete random variable that maximizes the entropy.

Let X be a discrete random variable taking values {x1, x2, . . . , xn} with probability {p1, p2, . . . , pn}. The entropy of the random variable is defined as H(X) = − Σn i=1 pi*log(pi) Find the probability mass function for the above discrete random variable that maximizes the entropy.

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s) Let X be a discrete random variable taking values {x1, x2, . . . , xn} with probability {p1, p2, . . . , pn}. The entropy
of the random variable is defined as
H(X) = − Σⁿ _i=1p_i*log(p_i)
Find the probability mass function for the above discrete random variable that maximizes the entropy.

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