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arxiv: 0806.3277 · v2 · submitted 2008-06-19 · 🧮 math.CO · cs.IT· math.IT

On McMillan's theorem about uniquely decipherable codes

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Karush's proof of McMillan's theorem is recast as an argument involving polynomials with non-commuting indeterminates certain evaluations of which yield the Kraft sums of codes, proving a strengthened version of McMillan's theorem.

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