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On the entropy of a multinomial distribution
Teoriâ veroâtnostej i ee primeneniâ, Tome 23 (1978) no. 1, pp. 196-198 Cet article a éte moissonné depuis la source Math-Net.Ru

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It is shown that the multinomial distribution corresponding to $n$ independent trials with probabilities $p_0,\dots,p_{t+1}$ of $t+1$ outcomes in each trial, has the maximal entropy if $p_0=\dots=p_t=1/(1+t)$. 
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P. Mateev. On the entropy of a multinomial distribution. Teoriâ veroâtnostej i ee primeneniâ, Tome 23 (1978) no. 1, pp. 196-198. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TVP_1978_23_1_a19/