Genre
- Journal Article
Recursive procedures are found for calculating the kth-order entropy of non-periodic sequences. These entropies are used as measures of disorder of the sequences and we treat: the Fibonacci sequence and generalizations; the Thue-Morse sequence together with generalizations and the period-doubling sequence. A discussion of the relative ordering of the Thue-Morse and the Fibonacci sequences is given and it is found too simplistic to use any one measure for comparison.
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIV,SCH COMP,MATH GRP,BEACONSIDE ST18 0DG,STAFFS,ENGLAND. UNIV PRINCE EDWARD ISL,DEPT MATH & COMP SCI,CHARLOTTETOWN,PE C1A 4P3,CANADA.
AMSTERDAM; PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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Source type: Electronic(1)
Language
- English
Subjects
- Physics, Multidisciplinary
- SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS
- ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES
- TIGHT-BINDING
- FULLY-DEVELOPED CHAOS
- THUE-MORSE CHAIN
- 2-SYMBOL SEQUENCES