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Incremental information in a twofold binary repetition code

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Send a uniform bit twice through independent binary symmetric channels of crossover probability p. The first received bit supplies 1−h2​(p) bits. Since the received bits disagree with probability 2p(1−p), the additional information in the second bit is
h2​(2p(1−p))−h2​(p).
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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ii / Paper 1 / 11I / b / Solution

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