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One can go very deep in making universal statements about compression, or images, probably deeper than you realize, but it will never be so simple and wrapped u

• peter_d_sherman 3y ago
  Correction: I am not implying, I am searching for. There is a difference, a huge difference, between implying and searching for. I search for things, in the above case, a mathematical (or algorithmic) theory or theories which could link disparate compression algorithms to a common ancestor or universal pattern -- because if one exists, and if it could be found -- it would greatly enhance humanity's understanding of all of the subcases that emanate from that universal pattern. That is, it would greatly enhance humanity's understanding of all compression algorithms, and why specifically, WHY specifically -- they work... That would be useful knowledge to have. Especially since Cable TV, Video Streaming, The Internet and many other technologies -- all usually use different forms of compression... The modern world is based on such things as: Electricity, Radio, Signals, Computers, Algorithms, Digital Data -- and compression usually plays a large associated role in those technologies... So I search for a unified understanding of compression, in the above case, specifially that related to Images, but more generally with respect to any form of compression, that is: What are the mathematical roots of Compression; what is the mathematical origin of Compression? That's what I search for...