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Comma-Free Codes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

S. W. Golomb ,
Basil Gordon  and
L. R. Welch
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Let n be a fixed positive integer, and consider an alphabet consisting of the numbers 1, 2, … , n. With this alphabet form all possible k-letter words (a1a2 … ak), where k is also fixed. There are evidently nk such words in all.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 10 , 1958 , pp. 202 - 209
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1958

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