Kraft's inequality

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo prefix codes
uniquely decodable codes
gptkbp:field gptkb:information_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kraft's inequality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Leonard_M._Kraft
gptkbp:publicationYear 1949
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Quarterly_Journal_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:state For any prefix code over an alphabet of size r, the sum of r^{-l_i} over all codeword lengths l_i is less than or equal to 1.
gptkbp:usedFor determining existence of prefix codes
gptkbp:usedIn coding theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Henry_Kraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7