Prerequisites for

Mathematical Theory of Communication, The
Shannon, Claude / Weaver, Warren. 1949. 117 pages.
Categories: Mathematics
The security of most crypto systems depend on information entropy - a concept frequently misrepresented in many security texts. Shannon's work on Information Theory defined and formalized entropy, redundancy, compressibility, and channel capacity. Instead of buying the book, you can get a free download from Bell Labs.


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Suggested mathematical background in:

-  Calculus
-  Probability and Statistics

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