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A brief tutorial on information theory
by Tarek Tohme, William Bialek
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Submission summary
| Submission information |
| Preprint Link: |
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16556v3
(pdf)
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| Date accepted: |
2024-09-09 |
| Date submitted: |
2024-08-06 11:13 |
| Submitted by: |
Tohme, Tarek |
| Submitted to: |
SciPost Physics Lecture Notes |
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for consideration in Collection:
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| Ontological classification |
| Academic field: |
Physics |
| Specialties: |
- Statistical and Soft Matter Physics
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| Approach: |
Theoretical |
Abstract
At the 2023 Les Houches Summer School on Theoretical Biological Physics, several students asked for some background on information theory, and so we added a tutorial to the scheduled lectures. This is largely a transcript of that tutorial, lightly edited. It covers basic definitions and context rather than detailed calculations. We hope to have maintained the informality of the presentation, including exchanges with the students, while still being useful.
