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- From: rschnapp@metaflow.com (Russ Schnapp)
- Subject: Re: C source for Fractal compression, huh !
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- References: <MICHAEL.92Nov13144140@pullet.lanl.gov> <1992Nov16.184754.3170@maths.tcd.ie>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:34:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.184754.3170@maths.tcd.ie>, tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
- |> Doesn't Information Theory set a limit
- |> on the degree of compression (of given data) possible?
- |> If you go beyond this limit
- |> do you not necessarily lose information?
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- The short answer is: No, information theory does not set an absolute
- limit on maximum compression. It does set bounds on compression in
- a particular context, though. I strongly recommend reading the excellent
- FAQ in comp.compression. If the FAQ doesn't satisfy your curiosity, the
- references it gives will.
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