Complexity Explorer Santa Fe Institute

Maximum Entropy Methods

Lead instructor: Simon DeDeo

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1.1 Introduction to Maximum Entropy Methods » Quiz

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Question 1

Suppose a black and white image has dimensions of 30 x 30 pixels.  Each pixel can be either black or white.  How many different images (i.e., combinations of pixel values) are possible?

Question 2

Suppose your 30 x 30-pixel image is gray-scale instead of black and white --- that is, each pixel can have 256 different values.  How many different images (i.e., combinations of pixel values) are possible?