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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yuval Filmus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V. 2013-08-01
Series:Logical Methods in Computer Science
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Online Access:https://lmcs.episciences.org/975/pdf