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Chapter 5

Digital Theory

by Don Davis

5.1 Shannon’s Theory

5.2 Dynamic Range

Cognitive Computing

Digital Recording Techniques

Frequency Dependent Case

A Stochastic Process

5.3 The Steps from Art to Science

5.4 Moravec’s Warning

5.5 Digital Nomenclature

5.6 What Is a Bit of Data?

The Physical Dimensions of One Bit

Reading Binary Numbers

Text into Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal

5.7 Bayesian Theory

5.8 Planck System

5.9 Bits, Nats, and Bans

5.10 A Communication System

5.11 Holography

Theorists have postulated a holographic universe. Alex Harley Reeves wrote : “The Bickenstein-Hawking conjecture asserts proportionality between surface area of a gravitationally closed structure like a black hole or a hypersphere, and ...

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