Shannon: A Mathematical Theory of Communication

What changed

Compression and reliable communication could be studied through common mathematical limits.

Scientific scope

The 1948 framework for information measures, coding and communication limits under stated source/channel models.

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Contributors

• Claude Shannon · SCIENCE: Information-theoretic framework.
• Harry Nyquist; Ralph Hartley · SCIENCE: Acknowledged foundations of the communication problem.

• Shannon 1948, corrected reprint
• Bell Labs original publication record

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