An introduction to single-user information theory. (English) Zbl 1417.94001

Alajaji, Fady; Chen, Po-Ning

Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology. Singapore: Springer (ISBN 978-981-10-8000-5/hbk; 978-981-10-8001-2/ebook). xvii, 323 p. (2018).

This is the result of author’s lectures from over 20 years: concise mathematically rigorous textbook with detailed proofs (based on the asymptotic equipartition property) with exercises covering the main topics of information theory: entropy, information measures, data compression and coding; two appendices cover topics in real analysis and stochastic processes; separately available is manual of problem solutions.

Reviewer: Jaak Henno (Tallinn)

MSC:

94-01	Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to information and communication theory
94A15	Information theory (general)
94A05	Communication theory
94A17	Measures of information, entropy

Keywords:

information; entropy; information measures; coding; asymptotic equipartition property; stochastic processes