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This algorithm is known as Huffman encoding.
by amemisoglu 3y ago
This algorithm is known as Huffman encoding.
- yccs27 3y agoYes, and it's named after graduate student Huffman (at the time) instead of after his supervisor/teacher Fano.
- bsenftner 3y agoWhich strikes me as either rare honesty, or an example of how our values have slid over time because today the professor would claim the algorithm for himself, and the student would get a B- for some spelling mistake in his write up, none the wiser the professor it making fame from their work.