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Extending HE to N=∞: clarification
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All of the models described above involve a finite set of rational numbers, bounded by some complexity function, and where the complexity is less than some max value <math>N</math>.
All of the models described above involve a finite set of rational numbers, bounded by some complexity function, and where the complexity is less than some max value <math>N</math>.


It so happens that we are able to analytically continue this definition to the situation where <math>N=\infty</math>, with one mathematical caveat. This enables us to speak cognizantly of the harmonic entropy of an interval as measured against ''all'' rational numbers.
It so happens that, with one technical caveat, we are generally able to analytically continue this definition to the situation where <math>N=\infty</math>. More precisely, we are able to analytically continue the exponential of HE, which yields the same relative interval rankings as standard HE.
 
This enables us to speak cognizantly of the harmonic entropy of an interval as measured against ''all'' rational numbers.


==Background: Unnormalized Entropy==
==Background: Unnormalized Entropy==