Compression techniques for polymer sciences

Content: About the author     Preface     Introduction     Polymers     Compression of data     Natural language compression     Formal language compression     Types of compression program     Algorithmic compression     Chemical formulae     Fischer projection    Compression of polymers    Line notation systems and compression    Current trends in research    Big data    Conclusion    Summary    References    Appendices     Appendix A: A new foundation for information     Appendix B: Compression and geometric data     Appendix C: The analysis of binary, ternary and quaternary based systems for communications theory    Appendix D: The use of a radix 5 base for transmission and storage of information     Appendix E: A comparison of a radix 2 and a radix 5 based systems     Appendix F: Random and non-random sequential strings using a radix 5 based system     Appendix G: A comparison of compression values of binary and ternary base systems     Appendix H: Patterns within pattern-less sequences     Appendix I: A radix 4 based system for use in theoretical genetics     Appendix J: A compression program for chemical, biological and nanotechnologies     Appendix K: Statistical physics and the fundamentals of minimum description length and minimum message length     Index