where kappa has (carries) the units of X. Finally, the channel rate R is defined as

R(⨀Xᵢ) =ΣH(Xᵢ) - H(X),(3)
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where X is the denumerable[18] cartesian product space

X = Xᵢ.(4)
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Next, we define the angle Θ

-R(⨀Xᵢ)
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| Θ(⨀Xᵢ) | = sin⁻¹e(5)
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and the norm

|X| = κ(2πe)⁻¹ᐟ² eH(X).(6)

Now, if[19] a statistically independent basis; i.e., one for which

κ
R(⨀Xᵢ) constant,(7)
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