The Synthesis of Two-Terminal Switching Circuits [Bell Monograph]
by Shannon, Claude E. [Elwood]
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"The Summer of 1940 was spent [ by Shannon ] at Bell Telephone Laboratories doing further research on switching circuits. A new method of design was developed, which greatly reduced the number of contacts needed to synthesize complex switching functions from earlier realizations. This was later published in a paper [ as here ]" Sloane/Wyner p xii.
"The theory of switching circuits may be divided into two major divisions, analysis and synthesis. The problem of analysis, determining the manner of operation of a given switching circuit, is comparatively simple. The inverse problem of finding a circuit satisfying certain given operating conditions, and in particular the _best_ circuit, is, in general, more difficult and more important from a practical standpoint. A basic part of the general synthesis problem is the design of a two-terminal network with given operating characteristics, and we shall consider some aspects of this problem." (page 1) Shannon goes on to describe Boolean Algebra and how it might be interpreted in terms of switching circuits (referencing his own 1938 thesis in the footnotes, among other papers).
PROVENANCE: The personal files of Claude E. Shannon (unmarked). There were seven copies of this item in Shannon's files.
REFERENCES:
Sloane and Wyner, "Claude Elwood Shannon Collected Papers," #50
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- Title
- The Synthesis of Two-Terminal Switching Circuits [Bell Monograph]
- Author
- Shannon, Claude E. [Elwood]
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Separate Edition
- Publisher
- Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-1
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