 Noisy-channel coding theorem (source code)

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= Noisy-channel coding theorem
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= Shannon second coding theorem
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For a discrete memoryless channel, operational capacity equals
$$
C=\max_{P_X}I(X;Y).
$$
Rates below $C$ admit codes whose error tends to zero, while rates above $C$ cannot have vanishing error.

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