DocumentCode
931460
Title
Some aspects of convexity useful in information theory
Author
Witsenhausen, Hans S.
Volume
26
Issue
3
fYear
1980
fDate
5/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
265
Lastpage
271
Abstract
From its very beginning, information theory has been pervaded by convexity arguments. Much of the necessary background was developed on an ad hoc basis without reference to the knowledge available from the mathematical study of convex sets and functions. Yet explicit use shown by examples.
Keywords
Information theory; Set theory; Channel capacity; Closed-form solution; Helium; Information theory; Mathematics; Prototypes; Statistics; Testing; Topology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1980.1056173
Filename
1056173
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