A Brief Introduction to Shannon's Information Theory
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arXiv1612.09316MaRDI QIDQ6281383FDOQ6281383
Authors: Ricky X. F. Chen 
Publication date: 20 December 2016
Abstract: This article serves as a brief introduction to the Shannon information theory. Concepts of information, Shannon entropy and channel capacity are mainly covered. All these concepts are developed in a totally combinatorial flavor. Some issues usually not addressed in the literature are discussed here as well. In particular, we show that it seems we can define channel capacity differently which allows us to potentially transmit more messages in a fixed sufficient long time duration. However, for a channel carrying a finite number of letters, the channel capacity unfortunately remains the same as the Shannon limit.
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