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I'm also taking a course on information theory and we're using Cover & Thomas's "Elements of Information Theory" 2nd edition. Although I am new to the subject, and so far have not studied the theory's physical 'implications' (or applications) to great length, the book does a very good job at...

Generalizing past the quadropole moment-- geometric understanding of the octopole+ I'm having a bit of trouble articulating my question, but I hope the explanations will help you to understand the source of my confusion: The mono, di, and quadropole moments are all geometrically...