Update 2017-07-03: Corrected equation for associative definition, thank you /u/Syrak. This may not be the first time someone recognized this, but I have recently discovered some interesting and useful properties of the entropy function and now share them. First a definition: Entropy — H(p 1 , p 2 , ..., p n ) — is a function that quantifies surprise in selecting an object from a set where the probability of selecting each object is given: {p 1 , p 2 , ..., p n }. This has utility in communications, information theory and other fields of math. H b (p 1 , p 2 , ..., p n ) = Σ(i..n)-p i log b (p i ) where b is normally 2, to express entropy in bits. Other definitions of H() use expected values and random variables. As an analog to the definition above, I will discuss entropy of a set of frequencies. p i = f i / Σ f i. Entropy defined without bits: A definition that doesn't use bits is: H(p 1 , p 2 , ..., p n ) = Π(i.....
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1) Asia being the largest,(please see 5)
2) Africa in second place
3) North America
4) South America
5) Europe (dividing line between Asia and Europe is the Ural Mountains)
6) Australasia or Oceania
7) Antartica.
Now if one wants to talk about economics there are even more divisions.
The teaching models in South American countries are very poor with many of the teachers not being properly educated themselves this is especially true about Brazil. They are in the belief that all of the Americas are one continent, if that is the case then Asia, Africa and Europe would also have to be one continent.
and Japan would not fall under Asia but under its own category.
1. N. America
2. S. America
3. Africa
4. Europe/Asia
5. Australia
6. Antarctica
Although, someone told me recently that Greenland was it's own continent and that is why I came searching. I can't believe how much discrepancy I am finding! Seems everyone was taught something different.
However, the whole point of this post was to be obnoxious, trolling, and derogatory... so yeah.
I am surprised that Americans haven't reclassified the tectonic plates so that Canada is separate and we get our own continent!
Anonymous, may I ask what state you are from where they teach 6 continents? I am from PA and heard the 7 consistently around here.