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Codeword length
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ℓ
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c
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)
Codex
(
@codex,
0
)
Mathematics
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Algebra
Coding theory
Codeword
2026-10-14
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The
codeword
length
is the
number
of
alphabet
symbols
in
a
codeword
. For
a
binary
word
it counts
bits
; in
a
prefix code
, it is the depth of the corresponding leaf in the
code
tree.
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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2007
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iii
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Paper 31
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1
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c
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Prefix tree of a code
Uniform-source Huffman length distribution
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