Atoms and electrons, spectral series, etc.

From Tufts University

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Is it possible to communicate reliably from one point to another if we only have a noisy communication channel? How can the information content of a random variable be measured? This course will discuss the remarkable theorems of Claude Shannon, starting from the source coding theorem, which motivates the entropy as the measure of information, and culminating in the noisy channel coding theorem. Along the way we will study simple examples of codes for data compression and error correction.

The painting Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of Grande Jatte is one of the most famous works of art in the world. It currently hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago but it was first displayed in Paris at the Salon of the Independents in 1886, soon after its completion by its artist, Georges Seurat...

A look at the Stanislavski method

Links to different pages related to the topic

There are two sets of lecture materials. The Lecture Notes are written outlines of the topic. they are meant for self study. The Presentations are copies of PowerPoint slides used in lectures on the topic. They are related to the Lecture Notes but may differ in many material ways