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I am long been confused by these entropy terms. Would be obliged if an explanation is provided in less technical jargon

  1. What are the differences between Shannon's entropy, topological entropy and source entropy?
  2. What exactly is the significane of Kolgomorov complexity. Is it same as Kolgomorov entropy. How is it related to Shannon's entropy?
  3. What information does the complexity number convey? It is known that source entropy=kolgomorov entropy , so what does this imply from the point of view of infomation theory?

Thank you

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what is "source entropy"? It doesn't google for me. Is it just another name for Kolmogorov entropy? – Ron Maimon Jul 20 '12 at 7:57

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