Storing and Transmitting Data

Rudolf Ahlswede (1938 - 2010) studied Mathematics in Göttingen, and held postdoc positions in Erlangen, Germany and Ohio, USA. From 1977 on he was full Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bielefeld. His work represents an essential contribution to information theory and networking. He developed and contributed to a number of central areas, including network coding, and theory of identification, while also advancing the fields of combinatorics and number theory. These efforts culminated in his research program “Development of a General Theory of Information Transfer”. In recognition of his work, Rudolf Ahlswede received several awards for “Best Paper”, as well as the distinguished “Shannon Award”.

• Words and Introduction of the Editors.- Preface.- 1.Introduction.- Part I Storing Data: 2.Data Compression.- 3.The Entropy as a Measure of Uncertainty.- 4.Universal Coding.- Part II Transmitting Data: 5.Coding Theorems and Converses for the DMC.- 6.Towards Capacity Functions.- 7.Error Bounds.- Part III Appendix: 8.Inequalities.- Part IV Supplement: Rudolf Ahlswede 1938-2010.- Comments by Holger Boche.- Index.- Name Index.