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A Discussion and a Debate

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gil Kalai

Heavier than air flight of the 21 century? The very first post on this blog entitled “Combinatorics, Mathematics, Academics, Polemics, …” asked the question “Are mathematical debates possible?” We also had posts devoted to debates and to controversies. A few days ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Science and Optimization, Controversies and debates, Information theory, Physics | Tagged Aram Harrow, Quantum computers, Quantum error-correction | 5 Comments

Emmanuel Abbe: Erdal Arıkan’s Polar Codes

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Gil Kalai

Click here for the most recent polymath3 research thread. A new thread is comming soon. Emmanuel Abbe and Erdal Arıkan This post is authored by Emmanuel Abbe A new class of codes, called polar codes, recently made a breakthrough in … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Information theory

A Discussion and a Debate

Emmanuel Abbe: Erdal Arıkan’s Polar Codes

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