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Resources and the problem of their efficient use form an essential part of engineering and sometimes even of everyday life. I will introduce a mathematical toolbox for dealing with problems of this form, and sketch some applications to information theory and graph theory. Given enough time and interest, I can explain the difficulties that one faces when trying to extend this framework to approximate resource conversions, as they are commonly considered in information theory.

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Tobias Fritz, MIS Leipzig
TP Neubau 1.04
Contact: David Gross