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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data:
Cover, T. M., 1938 —
Elements of Information theory / Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas.
p. cm. — (Wiley series in telecommunications)
“A Wiley-Interscience publication.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-471-06259-6
1. Information theory. I. Thomas, Joy A. II. Title.
III. Series.
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