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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hi Krassimir,</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I think the main reason that we express 'information' as a logarithmic function of the number of choices, n, may be because the human brain finds it easier to remember (and communicate and reason with) 10 than 10000000000,
or 100 than 1000000000. . . . 00000, etc. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">All the best.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Sung</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Krassimir Markov <markov@foibg.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:06:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Foundation of Information Science<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sungchul Ji<br>
<b>Subject:</b> If always n>0 why we need log</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Sung,<br>
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A simple question:<br>
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If always n>0 why we need log in<br>
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I = -log_2(m/n) = - log_2 (m) + log_2(n) (1)<br>
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Friendly greetings<br>
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Krassimir<br>
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