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I am not sure this is the right section to ask this question, but here it goes. So, I was studying Stat. Physics and I came across this paper, A Mathematical Theory of Communication. What it's so important about this paper?
I would say it is the beginning of entropy in mathematics and physics as a measure for the disorder. Both subjects use Shannon's definition of entropy to characterize uncertainties in multiple bit / particle systems. It makes such systems manageable.Arman777 said:I am not sure this is the right section to ask this question, but here it goes. So, I was studying Stat. Physics and I came across this paper, A Mathematical Theory of Communication. What it's so important about this paper?
vanhees71 said:A. Katz, Principles of Statistical Mechanics, W. H. Freeman