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Definitions which decouple entropy and disorder are given, and are illustrated by a very simple example.
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Landsberg, P.T. (1986). Entropy and Order. In: Kilmister, C.W. (eds) Disequilibrium and Self-Organisation. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4718-4_3
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