• DocumentCode
    1434508
  • Title

    The interactions between ergodic theory and information theory

  • Author

    Shields, Paul C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Toledo Univ., OH, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2079
  • Lastpage
    2093
  • Abstract
    Information theorists frequently use the ergodic theorem; likewise entropy concepts are often used in information theory. Recently, the two subjects have become partially intertwined as deeper results from each discipline find use in the other. A brief history of this interaction is presented in this paper, together with a more detailed look at three areas of connection, namely, recurrence theory, blowing-up bounds, and direct sample-path methods
  • Keywords
    entropy; history; information theory; probability; statistical analysis; blowing-up bounds; direct sample-path methods; entropy; ergodic theorem; ergodic theory; history; information theory; recurrence theory; Data compression; Entropy; History; Information analysis; Information theory; Mathematics; Physics; Probability; Source coding; Stochastic processes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.720532
  • Filename
    720532