Coding Theorems of Classical and Quantum Information Theory

by K.R. Parthasarathy

The aim of this little book is to convey three principal developments in the evolution of modern information theory: Shannon's initiation of a revolution in 1948 by his interpretation of Boltzmann entropy as a measure of information yielded by an elementary statistical experiment and basic coding theorems on storing messages and transmitting them through noisy communication channels in an optimal manner; the influence of ergodic theory in the enlargement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811044910
• ISBN13: 9789811044915
• Release Date: January 3000
• Publisher: Hindustan Book Agency and Indian National Sci
• Length: 168 Pages