Fundamental Data Compression

Appendix E

Notation

The following notation is used in the book:

symbolic data a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z, ‘a’, ‘b’, …, ‘z’, ‘A’, ‘B’, …, ‘Z’, a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z, ‘a’, ‘b’, …, ‘z’, ‘A’, ‘B’, …, ‘Z’,a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z, ‘a’, ‘b’, …, ‘z’, ‘A’, ‘B’, …, ‘Z’

binary data 0, 1, 0, 1, a, b, a, b, b, w, b, w

lists or sets A, B, …, Z, A, B, …, Z, A, B, …, Z

functions I(), K(), H(), I(), K(), H()

variables s_j, p_j, c_j, j = 1, …, n, i = 1, …, n, x, y, s_j, p_j, c_j, j = 1, ···, n, i = 1, …, n, x, y, a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z

matrices x, y, A, B, C, (a_ij), (b_ij), (c_ij)

average lengths,

mathematical symbols log x, log₂ x, sin x, cos x

special symbol Self-information: ...