Universal codes of the natural numbers
A code of the natural numbers is a uniquely-decodable binary code of the natural numbers with non-decreasing codeword lengths, which satisfies Kraft's inequality tightly. We define a natural partial order on the set of codes, and show how to construct effectively a code better than a given sequ...
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Language: | English |
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Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V.
2013-08-01
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Series: | Logical Methods in Computer Science |
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Online Access: | https://lmcs.episciences.org/975/pdf |