The unit of information obtained by using the natural logarithm
instead of the base-2 logarithm
when defining entropy and related information theoretic
functions. When
is used instead, information content is obtained in the more convenient unit of bits.
Nat
See also
Entropy, Mutual Information, Relative EntropyExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nat." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Nat.html