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= Polar code (coding theory)
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Polar codes are a class of error-correcting codes introduced by Erdal Arikan in 2008. They are notable for being the first family of codes that can achieve the capacity of symmetric binary-input discrete memoryless channels (B-DMCs) with low complexity. Polar codes are particularly significant in the context of modern communication systems due to their efficiency in coding and decoding.