Definition:Information Theory
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Definition
Information theory is that branch of mathematics concerned with the flow of information.
It is mainly concerned with the handling of uncertainty in communication media.
It can also be considered as also encompassing coding theory.
Also see
- Results about information theory can be found here.
Historical Note
The basics of information theory were put together by Claude Elwood Shannon in $1948$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): information theory
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): information theory