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The unit of information obtained by using the natural logarithm lnx instead of the base-2 logarithm log_2x=lgx when defining entropy and related information theoretic functions. When lgx is used instead, information content is obtained in the more convenient unit of bits.


See also

Entropy, Mutual Information, Relative Entropy

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nat." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Nat.html

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