 Ternary symmetric channel capacity (source code)

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= Ternary symmetric channel capacity

For diagonal transition probability $1-2\alpha$ and each off-diagonal probability $\alpha$,
$$
C=\log_2 3
 +(1-2\alpha)\log_2(1-2\alpha)
 +2\alpha\log_2\alpha,
$$
with $0\log 0=0$.

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