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... considered - whether it be musical , phonetic , liter- ary , or pictorial . The precise search for the supplementary redun- dancy resulting from each receptor's individual knowledge about messages of a given category will arise only in ...
... considered - whether it be musical , phonetic , liter- ary , or pictorial . The precise search for the supplementary redun- dancy resulting from each receptor's individual knowledge about messages of a given category will arise only in ...
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... considered annoy- ing and is not transmitted . On the other hand , the applause which follows the concert consists of perfectly aperiodic elementary clicks , totally deprived of harmonicity in the sense in which one generally thinks of ...
... considered annoy- ing and is not transmitted . On the other hand , the applause which follows the concert consists of perfectly aperiodic elementary clicks , totally deprived of harmonicity in the sense in which one generally thinks of ...
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... considered . Comprehension is possible on the level considered only if the redundancy of the message is large enough , that is , if the originality is diluted and packaged in enough signs that they may be separated with respect to the ...
... considered . Comprehension is possible on the level considered only if the redundancy of the message is large enough , that is , if the originality is diluted and packaged in enough signs that they may be separated with respect to the ...
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