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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 6.050J / 2.110J Information, Entropy and Computation Spring 2008 |
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These notes are for the Spring 2008 offering, and will be placed here as
revised during the semester.
Notes for earlier offerings are available
also: Spring 2003,
Spring 2004,
Spring 2005,
Spring 2006,
Spring 2007.
Note that these notes are still under development. We would appreciate
learning of any errors, and
would be pleased to receive suggestions for improvements. Please use the
comment form linked below.
Preface (version 1.5)
Chapter 1. Bits (version 1.5)
Chapter 2.
Codes
(version 1.5)
Detail: ASCII
Detail: Integer Codes
Detail: The Genetic Code
Detail: IP Addresses
Detail: Morse Code
Transcribing
RNA to Proteins
Chapter 3.
Compression
(version 1.5)
Detail: LZW Compression
Detail: 2-D Discrete Cosine Transformation
MP3 Demonstration
Chapter 4.
Errors
(version 1.5)
Detail: Check Digits
Chapter 5.
Probability
(version 1.5)
Detail: Life Insurance
Detail: Efficient Source Code
Chapter 6.
Communications
(version 1.5)
Detail: Communication System Requirements
Chapter 7. Processes (version 1.5)
Chapter 8. Inference (version 1.5)
Chapter 9. Principle of Maximum Entropy (version 1.5)
Chapter 10. Physical Systems (version 1.5)
Chapter 11. Energy (version 1.5)
Chapter 12. Temperature (version 1.5)
Chapter 13. Quantum Information (version 1.5)
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