A Mathematical Theory of Communication [pdf]
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description: Claude Shannon published "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" in 1948, establishing the foundational principles of information theory. The paper introduced key concepts including the bit as a unit of information, channel capacity, and entropy, which became essential to modern digital communications and data compression.
date published: 2026-06-12T09:24:11+00:00
date modified: 2026-06-12T09:49:50+00:00
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