Entropy and Information

information_theoryEntropy and Information Theory

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Entropy and Information Theory
Robert M. Gray Information Systems Laboratory Electrical Engineering Department Stanford University

Springer-Verlag New York

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A TEX and reproduced by Springer-Verlag This book was prepared with L from camera-ready copy supplied by the author.

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to Tim, Lori, Julia, Peter, Gus, Amy Elizabeth, and Alice and in memory of Tino

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Contents
Prologue 1 Information Sources 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Probability Spaces and Random Variables . 1.3 Random Processes and Dynamical Systems 1.4 Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Standard Alphabets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Expectation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 Asymptotic Mean Stationar