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Entropy and groups

Posted on 27/02/2014 by

Yesterday I gave a talk on a theorem of Terence Chan, which he spoke about at a network coding meeting at Queen Mary in late 2012. He sketched a proof on the common room table after the talk, and I … Continue reading →

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Entropy, partitions and groups

Posted on 06/10/2012 by

Terence Chan, from the University of South Australia in Adelaide, visited London for our recent workshop on “Information Flows and Information Bottlenecks”. I want to give an exposition here of a theorem from his talk, connecting entropy with groups. He … Continue reading →

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