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The asymptotic spectrum of graphs, introduced by Zuiddam (arXiv:1807.00169, 2018), is the space of graph parameters that are additive under disjoint union, multiplicative under the strong product, normalized and monotone under homomorphisms…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Péter Vrana

This paper starts by considering the minimization of the Renyi divergence subject to a constraint on the total variation distance. Based on the solution of this optimization problem, the exact locus of the points $\bigl( D(Q\|P_1),…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-27 Igal Sason

The asymptotic rates of information-theoretic protocols - including error exponents, compression rates, and channel capacities - are traditionally defined under the idealised assumption that the underlying resource (state or channel) is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Filippo Girardi , Nilanjana Datta , Giacomo De Palma , Ludovico Lami

Two types of errors can occur when discriminating pairs of quantum states. Asymmetric state discrimination involves minimizing the probability of one type of error, subject to a constraint on the other. We give explicit expressions bounding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-23 Jason L. Pereira , Leonardo Banchi , Stefano Pirandola

Current performance bounds for randomized iterative methods are often considered tight under per-iteration analyses, yet they are notoriously loose in practice. We derive asymptotic performance bounds that narrow this theory-practice gap,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Alireza Entezari , Arunava Banerjee

We introduce a new quantum decoder based on a variant of the pretty good measurement, but defined via an alternative matrix quotient. We use this decoder to show new lower bounds on the error exponent both in the one-shot and asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Salman Beigi , Marco Tomamichel

This paper provides an extensive study of the behavior of the best achievable rate (and other related fundamental limits) in variable-length lossless compression. In the non-asymptotic regime, the fundamental limits of fixed-to-variable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-12-13 Ioannis Kontoyiannis , Sergio Verdu

Channel simulation algorithms can efficiently encode random samples from a prescribed target distribution $Q$ and find applications in machine learning-based lossy data compression. However, algorithms that encode exact samples usually have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Gergely Flamich , Lennie Wells

Shannon entropy is the shortest average codeword length a lossless compressor can achieve by encoding i.i.d. symbols. However, there are cases in which the objective is to minimize the \textit{exponential} average codeword length, i.e. when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-10 Andrea Somazzi , Paolo Ferragina , Diego Garlaschelli

Empirical coordination offers a way to understand how agents can coordinate actions under communication constraints. This paper investigates the finite blocklength regime of this problem, where the encoder and decoder aim to produce a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Olivier Massicot , Giulia Cervia , Maël Le Treust

In this paper, we study the asymptotic performance of Abelian group codes for the lossy source coding problem for arbitrary discrete (finite alphabet) memoryless sources as well as the channel coding problem for arbitrary discrete (finite…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-05-08 Aria G. Sahebi , S. Sandeep Pradhan

Reliable distribution of quantum entanglement over long distances is a central challenge in quantum information science, fundamentally limited by decoherence in noisy communication channels. In this work, we investigate the asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Piotr Masajada , Aby Philip , Alexander Streltsov

The efficacy of a specially constructed Gallager-type error-correcting code to communication in a Gaussian channel is being examined. The construction is based on the introduction of complex matrices, used in both encoding and decoding,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Ido Kanter , David Saad

The performance of maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding on the binary erasure channel for finite-length low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes from two random ensembles is studied. The theoretical average spectrum of the Gallager ensemble is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Irina E. Bocharova , Boris D. Kudryashov , Vitaly Skachek , Eirik Rosnes , Øyvind Ytrehus

In this paper will be presented new approach to entropy coding: family of generalizations of standard numeral systems which are optimal for encoding sequence of equiprobable symbols, into asymmetric numeral systems - optimal for freely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-05-21 Jarek Duda

We establish a general formula for the maximum size of finite length block codes with minimum pairwise distance no less than $d$. The achievability argument involves an iterative construction of a set of radius-$d$ balls, each centered at a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-03 Ling-Hua Chang , Po-Ning Chen , Vincent Y. F. Tan , Carol Wang , Yunghsiang S. Han

We study two types of probability measures on the set of integer partitions of $n$ with at most $m$ parts. The first one chooses the random partition with a chance related to its largest part only. We then obtain the limiting distributions…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-03 Tiefeng Jiang , Ke Wang

In this paper, we analyze the finite sample complexity of stochastic system identification using modern tools from machine learning and statistics. An unknown discrete-time linear system evolves over time under Gaussian noise without…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-22 Anastasios Tsiamis , George J. Pappas

This paper studies a Shannon-theoretic version of the generalized distribution preserving quantization problem where a stationary and memoryless source is encoded subject to a distortion constraint and the additional requirement that the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-10 Naci Saldi , Tamás Linder , Serdar Yüksel

The performance of an error correcting code is evaluated by its error probability, rate, and en/decoding complexity. The performance of a series of codes is evaluated by, as the block lengths approach infinity, whether their error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-15 Hsin-Po Wang