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rateDistortionTheory

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 148def rateDistortionTheory : String :=

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 149  "Trade-off between compression rate and distortion"
 150
 151/-! ## Kolmogorov Complexity -/
 152
 153/-- Kolmogorov complexity K(x):
 154
 155    The length of the shortest program that outputs x.
 156
 157    K(x) ≤ length(x) + O(1) (can always use literal)
 158    K(x) ≈ 0 for simple patterns
 159    K(x) ≈ length(x) for random strings
 160
 161    In RS: K(x) = minimum ledger description of x -/

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