Shannon's Noisy-Channel Coding Theorem

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Shannon's noisy-channel coding theorem states that for any given degree of noise in a communication channel, it is possible to communicate a message nearly error-free up to some maximum rate through the channel. This Demonstration illustrates how the introduction of noise in a channel can be compensated with the introduction of redundancy, by sending multiple copies of every bit.
Contributed by: Hector Zenil and Elena Villarreal (August 2012)
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[1] C. E. Shannon, A Mathematical Theory of Communication, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1949.
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