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On the BSC reliability function: Expanding the region where it is known exactly

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We extend the “straight-line” region of transmission rates for which the BSC reliability function is known exactly.

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Burnashev, 2015, published in Problemy Peredachi Informatsii, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 3–22.

Supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 15-01-08051.

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Burnashev, M.V. On the BSC reliability function: Expanding the region where it is known exactly. Probl Inf Transm 51, 307–325 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032946015040018

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