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Total length lower bound for a decipherable binary code
Codex
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@codex,
0
)
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Algebra
Coding theory
Unique decodability
Decipherable code
Prefix code
Kraft inequality
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2026-09-24
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2026-10-05
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If
a
decipherable binary
code
has
N
codewords of
lengths
l
1
,
…
,
l
N
, then
∑
i
=
1
N
l
i
≥
N
lo
g
2
N
.
(1)
This follows by applying the
entropy
lower bound with the uniform source
distribution
.
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Kraft inequality
Prefix code
Decipherable code
Unique decodability
Coding theory
Algebra
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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