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The Most Important (and Surprising) Result from Information Theory

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Information Theory contains one idea in particular that has had an incredibly impact on our society.

David MacKay's lecture: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLruBu5BI5n4aFpG32iMbdWoRVAA-Vcso6

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Chapters 1, 9 and 10 from [1] were the primary source. Chapter 7 of [3] was a secondary source. [2] is inclusive of Shannon's 1948 original paper and provided useful historical context.

[1] D. MacKay. Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms. Cambridge University Press. 2003.

[2] C. E. Shannon and W. Weaver. The Mathematical Theory of Communication. University of Illinois Press. 1964

[3] T. M. Cover and J. A. Thomas. The Elements of Information Theory, 2nd Edition. Wiley-Interscience. 2006.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Problem Statement and the R3 Coding Strategy
2:06 Bit Error Probability and Rate
3:30 The Trillion Dollar Question
4:12 Claude Shannon Proves Something Remarkable
6:11 Sidebar on other Educational Content
6:49 The Trick
7:38 Check out David Mackay's Textbook and Lectures, plus Thank You

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