I am trying to plot for binary entropy

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Sam17
Sam17 il 31 Gen 2018
Commentato: yair mazal il 17 Mar 2021
I am trying to plot binary entropy and the value of entropy is coming as NaN but, it shouldn't be NaN, it should be 0.
Here's my code:
%Question No 1
%H(p) versus probability of binary logic 1 (p)
p= 0:0.5:1
h= p.*(abs(log2(p)))+ (1-p).*(abs(log(1-p)))
plot(p,h);
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yair mazal
yair mazal il 17 Mar 2021
Obviously you also miss the "2" in the second call to the log function. You're using log in the base of 10.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson il 31 Gen 2018
If your equations are correct then nan is the correct answer for p values of 0 and p values of 1.
Suppose p = 0. Then log2(p) is -infinity. p.*log2(p) is 0 * -infinity which is nan.
For p=1 something similar takes place.

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