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A comment on Shannon’s Source Coding Theorem (Foundations of Information Theory: Part 3). Parent comment

Re:Shannon’s Source Coding Theorem (Foundations of Informati... by supriyo-biswas on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:40AM (#36381234)
The formula for entropy and the source coding theorem discussed in the article describe exactly that.
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Re:Shannon’s Source Coding Theorem (Foundations of Informati... by waveBidder on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:39PM (#36381812)
beyond, in fact, since they're lossy formats
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