Information theory is a broad and deep mathematical theory, with equally. For a scientist investigating bugs, his microscope is his information channel. Then, following the main results, the channel and source coding. Symbols, signals and noise dover books on mathematics englisch taschenbuch 1. Information theory, a mathematical representation of the conditions and parameters affecting the transmission and processing of information. Most closely associated with the work of the american electrical engineer claude shannon in the mid20th century, information theory is chiefly of interest to communication engineers, though some of the concepts have been adopted and used in such fields as. This law is supported by two independent arguments. Yes, information theory is a branch of mathematics, although its practitioners are often found in departments of electrical and computer engineering or computer science. For the first time, mathematicians, statisticians, physicists, cyberneticists, and communications engineers are offered a lucid, comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing field. There is a short and elementary overview introducing the reader to the concept of coding. The mathematical theory of information jan kahre springer. Mathematical foundations of information theory dover books on. This book is an excellent introduction to the mathematics underlying the theory. Information theory, a mathematical representation of the conditions and.
The notion of entropy, which is fundamental to the whole topic of this book. This note will cover both classical and modern topics, including information entropy, lossless data compression, binary hypothesis testing, channel coding, and lossy data compression. Symbols, signals and noise dover books on mathematics. Information theory an overview sciencedirect topics. Information theory is the mathematical treatment of the concepts, parameters and rules governing the transmission of messages through communication systems. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient ant odometers and moving through time to our modernday quest for new dimensions, it covers 250 milestones in mathematical history. Shannons main result, the noisychannel coding theorem showed that, in the. The 100 best information theory books recommended by jeff atwood, andrew chen. The first comprehensive introduction to information theory, this book places the work begun by shannon and continued by mcmillan, feinstein, and khinchin on a rigorous mathematical basis. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This mathematical theory of information is explored in fourteen chapters. Symbols, signals and noise dover books on mathematics by john r. Buy information theory dover books on mathematics new edition by ash, robert isbn. Free information theory books download ebooks online.
Developed by claude shannon and norbert wiener in the late 1940s, information theory, or statistical communication theory, deals with the theoretical underpinnings of a wide range of communication devices. Most closely associated with the work of the american electrical engineer claude shannon in the mid20th century, information theory is chiefly of interest to communication engineers, though some of the concepts have been adopted and used in such fields as psychology and linguistics. There are excellent textbooks on classical information theory, aimed at students of. The book explains with minimum amount of mathematics what information. Quantum systems, channels, information a mathematical. Maths infinite mysteries and beauty unfold in this followup to the bestselling the science book. Among the topics covered are noiseless coding, the discrete memoryless channel, effort correcting codes, information sources, channels with memory, and. The branch of applied mathematics and cybernetics related to the mathematical description and estimation of the quality of the transmission, preservation, extraction, and classification of information. A mathematical theory of communication harvard university. Mathematical foundations of information theory dover. This suggests a need for a book that not only introduces the basic concepts of quantum information theory, but also presents in detail some of the. This is a graduatelevel introduction to mathematics of information theory.
Among the numerous delights readers will learn about as they dip into this inviting anthology. Professor emeritus of mathematics at the university of illinois, robert ash is the author of three other dover books. Chapter 1, about information the mathematical theory of information. The remainder of the book is devoted to coding theory and is independent of the information theory portion of the book. Written for an engineering audience, this book has a threefold purpose. The books he wrote on mathematical foundations of information theory, statistical mechanics and quantum statistics are still in print in english translations, published by dover. Shannons work defined communication channels and showed how to assign a capacity to. A tutorial introduction a tutorial introduction book, band 3. Indeed, even in shannons day many books and articles appeared that. After a brief discussion of general families of codes, the author discusses linear codes including the hamming, golary, the reedmuller codes, finite fields, and cyclic codes including the bch, reedsolomon, justesen, goppa, and quadratic residue codes.
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