Asymmetric numeral systems by u/Nathanfenner on Reddit


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Created 2021-03-07
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Asymmetric numeral systems try to combine the best of both: they produce near-optimal encodings for long strings, like arithmetic encoding, but they require very little in the way of computing resources to compress or decompress streams.

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Asymmetric numeral systems (ANS) is a family of entropy encoding methods introduced by Jarosław (Jare...


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Great explanation for absolute beginners