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  2. Information theory - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley, in the 1920s, and Claude Shannon in the 1940s. [1] : vii The field, in applied mathematics, is at the intersection of probability theory ...

  3. Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia. Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.

  4. Mathematical Reviews - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical Reviews is a journal published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) that contains brief synopses, and in some cases evaluations, of many articles in mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science. [1] [2] The AMS also publishes an associated online bibliographic database called MathSciNet, which contains an ...

  5. A Mathematical Theory of Communication - Wikipedia

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    Publication. The article was the founding work of the field of information theory. It was later published in 1949 as a book titled The Mathematical Theory of Communication ( ISBN 0-252-72546-8 ), which was published as a paperback in 1963 ( ISBN 0-252-72548-4 ). The book contains an additional article by Warren Weaver, providing an overview of ...

  6. Mathematics for social justice - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics for social justice. Mathematics for social justice is a pedagogical approach to mathematics education that seeks to incorporate lessons from critical mathematics pedagogy and similar educational philosophies into the teaching of mathematics at schools and colleges. The approach tries to empower students on their way to developing a ...

  7. MathSciNet - Wikipedia

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    MathSciNet is a searchable online bibliographic database created by the American Mathematical Society in 1996. [2] It contains all of the contents of the journal Mathematical Reviews (MR) since 1940 along with an extensive author database, links to other MR entries, citations, full journal entries, and links to original articles.

  8. arXiv - Wikipedia

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    arXiv (pronounced as "archive"—the X represents the Greek letter chi χ ) [1] is an open-access repository of electronic preprints and postprints (known as e-prints) approved for posting after moderation, but not peer review.

  9. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

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    The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI MiS) in Leipzig is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. Founded on March 1, 1996, the institute works on projects which apply mathematics in various areas of natural sciences, in particular physics, biology, chemistry and material science. Research groups