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Information and Coding Theory

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Gareth A. Jones

    1. Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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  2. J. Mary Jones

    1. The Open University, Walton Hall, UK

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  • Written by the authors of "Elementary Number Theory", a hugely popular SUMS title
  • Information and Coding Theory are increasingly popular topics in undergraduate curricula: this is the first book to cover both topics in-depth in one volume
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series (SUMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Source Coding

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 1-18

  3. Optimal Codes

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 19-33

  4. Entropy

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 35-53

  5. Information Channels

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 55-78

  6. Using an Unreliable Channel

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 79-96

  7. Error-correcting Codes

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 97-119

  8. Linear Codes

    • Gareth A. Jones, J. Mary Jones
    Pages 121-148

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-210
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About this book

As this Preface is being written, the twentieth century is coming to an end. Historians may perhaps come to refer to it as the century of information, just as its predecessor is associated with the process of industrialisation. Successive technological developments such as the telephone, radio, television, computers and the Internet have had profound effects on the way we live. We can see pic­ tures of the surface of Mars or the early shape of the Universe. The contents of a whole shelf-load of library books can be compressed onto an almost weight­ less piece of plastic. Billions of people can watch the same football match, or can keep in instant touch with friends around the world without leaving home. In short, massive amounts of information can now be stored, transmitted and processed, with surprising speed, accuracy and economy. Of course, these developments do not happen without some theoretical ba­ sis, and as is so often the case, much of this is provided by mathematics. Many of the first mathematical advances in this area were made in the mid-twentieth century by engineers, often relying on intuition and experience rather than a deep theoretical knowledge to lead them to their discoveries. Soon the math­ ematicians, delighted to see new applications for their subject, joined in and developed the engineers' practical examples into wide-ranging theories, com­ plete with definitions, theorems and proofs.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Gareth A. Jones

  • The Open University, Walton Hall, UK

    J. Mary Jones

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