Abstract: Computing the rate-distortion function for continuous sources is commonly regarded as a standard continuous optimization problem. When numerically addressing this problem, a typical approach ...

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In this paper, we consider the discrete power function associated with the sixth Painlevé equation. This function is a special solution of the so-called crossratio equation with a similarity ...

In this paper we construct the main ingredients of a discrete function theory in higher dimensions by means of a new "skew" type of Weyl relations. We will show that this new type overcomes the ...