Nope, any decent algorithm won't even be able to tell the difference
between bases. Entropy isn't changed by how you view the data. And random
numbers are the bane of compression algorithms, but yes, they look for such
patterns.
Doug
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> wrote:
>
>> > I'm fairly certain changing the base is irrelevant. Entropy doesn't
>> change
>> > with a base change; the number of possible states (i.e., base) is not a
>> > measurement of the entropy in a given string.
>>
>> ... unless a pattern is revealed by changing base (in other words, if
>> the original data set wasn't actually random).
>
>
> An optimizing compression algorithm, for instance, checks for such
> patterns?
>
> jermudgeon
>
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