information theory

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Nevertheless, it is quite useful to consider information theory when playing Wordle, as Quanta Magazine impressively illustrated.

From Scientific American

In 1985, Sutherland showed the device to Claude Shannon, his Ph.D. supervisor, who was famous for naming the “bit” in computing and for his pioneering information theory.

From New York Times

They used results from algorithmic information theory, which measures the complexity of an expression by the length of the shortest algorithm that describes the expression.

From Scientific American

Sinclair’s team set out to test his “information theory of aging,” which posits that our bodies get old because of the cumulative loss of epigenetic marks.

From Science Magazine

“You can’t localize bits of information in a small, finite volume. That simple result then has applications that extend to quantum encryption and other forms of quantum information theory.”

From Washington Post