Compression of random binary data

[MRAB]

On 2016-07-11 18:52, jonas.thornvall at gmail.com wrote:
> What kind of statistic law or mathematical conjecture  or is it even a physical law is violated by compression of random binary data?
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> I only know that Shanon theorised it could not be done, but were there any proof?
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> What is to say that you can not do it if the symbolic representation is richer than the symbolic represenatation of the dataset.
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> Isn't it a fact that the set of squareroots actually depict numbers in a shorter way than their actual representation.
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> Now the inpretator or program must know the rules. And i have very good rules to make it happen.
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If you want a challenge:

The Enduring Challenge of Compressing Random Data
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-enduring-challenge-of-compressing-ra/240049914