| Unit name | Information Theory 3 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MATH34600 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Wiesner |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Probability 1 (Statistics 1 ishelpful, but not neccessary) |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Mathematics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Shannon's information theory is one of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th Century, which half a century after its conception continues to inspire communications engineering and to generate challenging mathematical problems. Recently it has extended dramatically into physics as quantum information theory.
