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Coding theory is largely developed without any calculus.
by sanxiyn 12y ago
Coding theory is largely developed without any calculus.
- lambdaphage 12y agoI've posted this elsewhere already, but that's just not true: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/itila/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/itila/
- leephillips 12y agoI don't think so. It's based on information theory, which was based on the concepts of thermodynamics. Everything in thermodynamics, even temperature, is defined as a partial derivative. So the root concepts of coding theory can not even be expressed without the language of calculus.
- dkural 12y agoThis is simply not true. Coding theory uses a bunch of calculus to prove theorems, especially where probability is involved.