As part of the analysis, we formulate a class of dynamic. Born in dielmissen, germany, he studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy. In addition to the classical topics discussed, it provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of imeasure, network coding theory, shannon and nonshannon type information inequalities, and a relation between entropy and group theory. Perspective in computational complexity storing and. Storing and transmitting data springer for research. This volume is dedicated to the memory of rudolf ahlswede, who passed away in december 2010. General theory of information transfer and combinatorics. Accessible to anyone comfortable with linear algebra and elementary probability theory, wildes book brings the reader to the forefront of research in the quantum generalization of shannons information theory.
The festschrift contains 36 thoroughly refereed research papers from a memorial symposium, which took place in july 2011. Information theory, coding and cryptographynook book. On logarithmically asymptotically optimal hypothesis testing for arbitrarily varying sources with side information. Teubner, 1979 and the translation search problems new york. Lecture notes on information theory preface there is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing, lavishly composed telegrams for all occasions. Global methods for combinatorial isoperimetric problems. Erdos ko rado theorems algebraic approaches download. Foundations in signal processing, communications and networking 15. Erdos ko rado theorems algebraic approaches download ebook. Rudolf ahlswede, probabilistic methods and distributed information. Ahlswede was originally motivated to study combinatorial aspects of information theory via zeroerror. Presently, he holds a professorship at the university of bielefeld, bielefeld, germany. Elements of information theory 2nd edition wiley series in. Probabilistic methods and distributed information rudolf.
Significant attention is given to quantum mechanics for quantum information theory, and. He is one of the leading experts in combinatorics, number theory and information theory and has been awarded international prizes and honours, for instance a honorary doctorate of the russian academy of sciences. Linear algebra and group theory for physicists texts and readings in physical sciences 2006. You see, what gets transmitted over the telegraph is not the text of the telegram, but simply the number under which it is listed in the book. Rudolf ahlswede, professor emeritus of bielefeld university, has been engaged in research projects to advance a general theory of information transfer since his retirement in 2003. Lecture notes on information theory preface \there is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing, lavishly composed telegrams for all occasions. In addition to the classical topics discussed, it provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of imeasure, network coding theory, shannon and nonshannon type information inequalities, and a. A certain fertility caused by the tension between these two activities goes like a thread through rudolf ahlswedes work, documented in 235 published papers in roughly 4 stages from 19672010. Elements of information theory 2nd edition wiley series. Numbers, information and complexity is a collection of about 50 articles in honour of rudolf ahlswede. Developing many of the major, exciting, pre and postmillennium developments from the ground up, this book is an ideal entry point for graduate students into quantum information theory. Brualdi, introductory combinatorics, new york, north holland, second edition,1992.
Wildes quantum information theory is a natural expositors labor of love. Elements of information theory 2nd edition wiley series in telecommunications and signal processing thomas m. Download pdf informationstheorie free online new books. Lim t and franceschetti m 2017 information without rolling dice, ieee transactions on information theory, 63. For mastercard and visa, the pdf combinatorial methods and models allows three institutions on the country response at the series of the class. This is the second of several volumes documenting rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory. Please join consistently your general is voluntary. A proof of the ahlswedecaizhang conjecture request pdf. Besides this book, a survey of important theoretical results in network coding is provided in yeung et al. Download pdf multipleaccesschannels free online new. Recently included in general theory of information transfer and combinatorics, report on a research project at the zif center of interdisciplinary studies in bielefeld oct. Each volume includes comments from an invited wellknown expert.
The volume storing and transmitting data is based on rudolf ahlswedes introductory course on information theory i and presents an introduction to shannon theory. Lecture notes on information theory preface there is a whole book of readymade, long and convincing. This is the second of several volumes documenting rudolf ahlswede s lectures on information theory. This book collects 63 revised, fullpapers contributed to a research project on the general theory of information transfer and combinatorics that was hosted from 20012004 at the center for interdisciplinary research zif of bielefeld university and several incorporated meetings. The 44 contributions represent a crosssection of the worlds leading scholars, scientists and researchers in information theory and communication. Shannon 1 2 which contained the basic results for simple memoryless sources and channels and introduced more general communication systems models, including nite state sources and channels.
In memoriam find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Combinatorial methods and models rudolf ahlswedes lectures. The fourth volume of rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory is focused on combinatorics. Rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory 1 the volume storing and transmitting data is based on rudolf ahlswedes introductory course on information theory i and presents an introduction to shannon theory. Shamai, on the achievable throughput in multiple antenna gaussianbroadcastchannel,ieee transactions on information theory,497, 2003,16911706. Topics covered include probabilistic models, cryptology, pseudo random sequences, quantum models, pattern.
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Probabilistic methods and distributed information springerlink. Rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory core. Surprises and counterexamples in real function theory text and readings in mathematics 42 texts and readings in mathematics 2011. The theoretician, in contrast to the practitioner, is spoiled. He is coauthor of the book suchprobleme stuttgart, germany. He dedicated himself in his further career to information. The fifth volume of rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory focuses on several problems that were at the heart of a lot of his research.
Ahlswede september 15, 1938 december 18, 2010 was a german mathematician. Rudolf ahlswedes lectures on information theory 5 english isbn. Alamouti, a simple transmitter diversity scheme for wireless com munication, ieee journal on selected areas in communication, 16, 1998. His research interests include information theory, combinatorics, probability theory, statistics, and number theory. Shlezinger n, zahavi d, murin y and dabora r 2017 the secrecy capacity of gaussian mimo channels with finite memory, ieee transactions on information theory, 63. One of the highlights of the entire lecture note series is surely part i of this volume on arbitrarily varying channels avc, a subject in which ahlswede was probably the worlds leading expert. Pdf on jan 1, 20, ilya dumer and others published rudolf ahlswede. Alexander ahlswede, rudolf ahlswede, ingo althofer, christian deppe, ulrich tamm. Readers, familiar or unfamiliar with the technical intricacies of in formation theory, will benefit considerably from. Pdf combinatorial methods and models rudolf ahlswedes. Capacity of the trapdoor channel with feedback haim permuter, paul cuff, benjamin van roy and tsachy weissman abstract we establish that the feedback capacity of the trapdoor channel is the logarithm of the golden ratio and provide a simple communication scheme that achieves capacity. The book is rounded off with an index and a bibliography of publications by james massey. Sending such a telegram costs only twentyfive cents. The lectures presented in this work are suitable for graduate students in mathematics, theoretical computer science, and electrical engineering with a background in basic mathematics.
Probabilistic methods and distributed information isbn. You see, what gets transmitted over the telegraph is not the text of the telegram, but simply the number under which it is listed in the book, and the signature of. This book provides an uptodate introduction to information theory. Information theory, combinatorics, and search theory in. A certain fertility caused by the tension between these two activities goes like a thread through rudolf ahlswede s work, documented in 235 published papers in roughly 4 stages from 19672010.
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