Theory of Communication.

Gabor, D. (1946). Theory of Communication.: The analysis of information. Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers — Part III: Radio and Communication Engineering, 93(26), 429-457.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1946

DOI

10.1049/ji-3-2.1946.0074

Link

https://doi.org/10.1049/ji-3-2.1946.0074

Cited from

physics

Cited by

3 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Conjugate-Observable Complementarity
  • In signal processing and time–frequency analysis, a signal cannot be arbitrarily localized in both time and frequency: a pure tone has exact frequency but infinite duration, a brief click has exact timing but smeared spectrum, and the time–bandwidth product is bounded below — the Gabor limit, mathematically isomorphic to the Heisenberg relation.

    This sourceDerives the time–frequency (Gabor) limit on simultaneous time and bandwidth localization, mathematically isomorphic to the Heisenberg relation.

Domain-specific

• Gabor atom
  • Gabor atoms tile signal space with localized oscillatory functions that jointly resolve when and at what frequency structure occurs.
  • The entry records a descriptive analytical identity; practical use requires the governing domain's evidence, standards, and safety obligations.

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