Symmetry and Shannon Measure of Ordering: Paradoxes of Voronoi Tessellation.

The Voronoi entropy for random patterns and patterns demonstrating various elements of symmetry was calculated. The symmetric patterns were characterized by the values of the Voronoi entropy being very close to those inherent to random ones. This contradicts the idea that the Voronoi entropy quantifies the ordering of the seed points constituting the pattern. Extension of the Shannon-like formula embracing symmetric patterns is suggested. Analysis of Voronoi diagrams enables the elements of symmetry of the patterns to be revealed.