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This document was originally written in LaTeX. If you would like to make derivatives of the Primer, such as translations to other languages, please start from the LaTeX source so that it can easily be manipulated and corrected later. People interested in translating the Primer to other languages should please contact me beforehand. If you have made a translation and I personally approve it then I will make a link from here to it for you.

Using the programs mksubbib/ subbib.bst, I made a bibtex database for the references, primer.bib, but you can also use the primer.bbl.

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Translations

• Information Theory Primer in Italian by Simone Baldi

Useful pointers

• Understanding Mathematics a study guide by Peter Alfeld, University of Utah.

If you need background information about information theory you can explore my web site. You may also find this resource particularly useful:

• A Glossary for Molecular Information Theory and the Delila System.
  A good starting point would be the definition of a bit.

If you were directed here from another web site, you may find the paper on the Evolution of Biological Information interesting.

Schneider Lab
origin: 1999 February 9
updated: 2005 Mar 15