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Original Articles

Multiplex signal transmission and the development of sampling techniques: the work of Herbert Raabe in contrast to that of Claude Shannon

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Pages 643-688 | Received 15 Nov 2009, Accepted 10 Dec 2010, Published online: 15 Mar 2011

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