Uniform Differential Entropy

Problem

The differential entropy of a continuous uniform distribution on (a, b) is ln(b - a). Return 0.0 when b <= a.

Hint

Entropy grows with the logarithm of the interval width.

case 1

in: [0,1]

expected: 0

case 2

in: [0,2]

expected: 0.6931471805599453

case 3

in: [1,5]

expected: 1.3862943611198906

case 4

in: [2,2]

expected: 0

case 5

in: [3,1]

expected: 0

Starter codePython

import math


def uniform_differential_entropy(a, b):
    # Your code here
    pass

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