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Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms

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Integrals. Why do you write the integration variable before the function to be integrated?

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Oops! After printing out a copy of your book for teaching purposes, I noticed it is copyrighted against printing. What should I do?

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What is Shannon Fano coding?

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Is it OK to keep an electronic copy of your book on my computer, as long as I don't print it out on paper?

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can I buy your book as an e-book (i.e. in PDF format)? I prefer the electronic format (no need to pay and wait for delivery), but I have no objection to pay it.

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What do you use the notation \sum P(x) log 1/P(x), ... (1) rather than - \sum P(x) log P(x)? ... (2)

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for a court case I need to prove that there is no lossless compression algorithm that effectively compresses everything. I need to cite a regular book for this statement. Does your book contain it?

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How do I read/pronounce the Greek characters in the book?

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why do you write "the probability of two bits' being flipped"?

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What is the solution to Exercise 11.6 (p.188)?

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