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Shannon 1948 — A mathematical theory of communication

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C. E. Shannon (1948). A mathematical theory of communication. Bell Syst. Tech. J. 27 (1948) 379–423. DOI 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x. Canonical: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x. Cited by its record. License as found: Bell System Technical Journal (Nokia Bell Labs archive) — cited. What it gave the chain: information as -sum p log p: the logarithm as the measure of a choice.

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C. E. Shannon (1948), Bell Syst. Tech. J. 27 (1948) 379–423 ↗

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WIT.codex.FCT/a-mathematical-theory-of-communication/REF.WITNESSED@c-e-shannon

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