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Essential Coding Theory

77 points by stokedmartin 12y ago

spindritf 12y ago
To spare others searching the man, you can download the pdfs to the current directory wget -r -np -nd -l 1 -A pdf http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/\~atri/courses/coding-theory/book/ and combine them pdftk $(ls *.pdf | sort -V) cat output essential-coding-theory.pdf thus hastening the first draft. BTW would the resulting essential-coding-theory.pdf be a derivative work under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0?
- noblethrasher 12y ago
  The wget command (Win32) didn't work for me until I removed the backslash in the URL.
  - spindritf 12y ago
    Oh, yeah, sorry. That's some zsh automagic. Maybe wget -r -np -nd -l 1 -A pdf "http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~atri/courses/coding-theory/book/" would be more portable?
- tunnuz 12y ago
  Love you guys :)
- audreyt 12y ago
  Yes, it would be a derivative work, but considered as a media-format conversion, and/or a Collection, not an Adaptation (i.e. ND is fine with this kind of use). The relevant clause in https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode is: #3 License Grant. The above rights include the right to make such modifications as are technically necessary to exercise the rights in other media and formats, but otherwise you have no rights to make Adaptations. #1b. Collection. ... in which the Work is included in its entirety in unmodified form along with one or more other contributions, each constituting separate and independent works in themselves, which together are assembled into a collective whole. A work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation (as defined above) for the purposes of this License.
quarterwave 12y ago
Clearly not a book for the ordinary reader. For me the transition from Sec.1.1 to Sec.1.2 was akin to starting with a quiet walk in the park, and then suddenly finding oneself clinging to a rock face as a cloud of chalk dust drifts down from the climbers up ahead....
- mratzloff 12y ago
  I up voted just for the imagery. :-)
kanolafathead 12y ago
What applications does this have? What language is this anyway?
- walrus 12y ago
  The most well-known application is sending data over an unreliable channel, such as a radio link or fiber optic cable. It is written in English.
walrus 12y ago
Looks good! Seems to have a strong treatment of algebraic codes and coding bounds. For those interested in reading, you'll probably want some background in linear algebra. All the necessary definitions are included in the text, but it doesn't go deep enough to make the reader 'comfortable' with linear algebra. Some background in abstract algebra will help too, but isn't as necessary.

77 points by stokedmartin 12y ago

To spare others searching the man, you can download the pdfs to the current directory wget -r -np -nd -l 1 -A pdf http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/\~atri/courses/coding-theory/book/ and combine them pdftk $(ls *.pdf | sort -V) cat output essential-coding-theory.pdf thus hastening the first draft. BTW would the resulting essential-coding-theory.pdf be a derivative work under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0?

noblethrasher 12y ago
The wget command (Win32) didn't work for me until I removed the backslash in the URL.
- spindritf 12y ago
  Oh, yeah, sorry. That's some zsh automagic. Maybe wget -r -np -nd -l 1 -A pdf "http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~atri/courses/coding-theory/book/" would be more portable?
tunnuz 12y ago
Love you guys :)
audreyt 12y ago
Yes, it would be a derivative work, but considered as a media-format conversion, and/or a Collection, not an Adaptation (i.e. ND is fine with this kind of use). The relevant clause in https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode is: #3 License Grant. The above rights include the right to make such modifications as are technically necessary to exercise the rights in other media and formats, but otherwise you have no rights to make Adaptations. #1b. Collection. ... in which the Work is included in its entirety in unmodified form along with one or more other contributions, each constituting separate and independent works in themselves, which together are assembled into a collective whole. A work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation (as defined above) for the purposes of this License.

quarterwave 12y ago

Clearly not a book for the ordinary reader. For me the transition from Sec.1.1 to Sec.1.2 was akin to starting with a quiet walk in the park, and then suddenly finding oneself clinging to a rock face as a cloud of chalk dust drifts down from the climbers up ahead....

mratzloff 12y ago
I up voted just for the imagery. :-)

kanolafathead 12y ago

What applications does this have? What language is this anyway?

walrus 12y ago
The most well-known application is sending data over an unreliable channel, such as a radio link or fiber optic cable. It is written in English.

walrus 12y ago

Looks good! Seems to have a strong treatment of algebraic codes and coding bounds. For those interested in reading, you'll probably want some background in linear algebra. All the necessary definitions are included in the text, but it doesn't go deep enough to make the reader 'comfortable' with linear algebra. Some background in abstract algebra will help too, but isn't as necessary.