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Ricardo Andrade
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Discrete Maximum Entropy Distribution with given mean

For a given mean $\mu$, what is the entropy maximizing probability distribution on the nonnegative integers?

Different sources indicated either the geometric or the Poisson distribution for this. As I am new to the topic, it would be great if someone would give me a hint or point me to a source with a thorough explanation of these issues.

J Fabian Meier
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