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Computer Science > Information Theory

Title: Fractal spatio-temporal scale-free messaging: amplitude modulation of self-executable carriers given by the Weierstrass function's components

Abstract: In many communication contexts, the capabilities of the involved actors cannot be known beforehand, whether it is a cell, a plant, an insect, or even a life form unknown to Earth. Regardless of the recipient, the message space and time scale could be too fast, too slow, too large, or too small and may never be decoded. Therefore, it pays to devise a way to encode messages agnostic of space and time scales. We propose the use of fractal functions as self-executable infinite-frequency carriers for sending messages, given their properties of structural self-similarity and scale invariance. We call it `fractal messaging'. Starting from a spatial embedding, we introduce a framework for a space-time scale-free messaging approach to this challenge. When considering a space and time-agnostic framework for message transmission, it would be interesting to encode a message such that it could be decoded at several spatio-temporal scales. Hence, the core idea of the framework proposed herein is to encode a binary message as waves along infinitely many frequencies (in power-like distributions) and amplitudes, transmit such a message, and then decode and reproduce it. To do so, the components of the Weierstrass function, a known fractal, are used as carriers of the message. Each component will have its amplitude modulated to embed the binary stream, allowing for a space-time-agnostic approach to messaging.
Comments: 15 pages + appendix (21 pages total)
Subjects: Information Theory (cs.IT)
Cite as: arXiv:2403.06633 [cs.IT]
  (or arXiv:2403.06633v5 [cs.IT] for this version)

Submission history

From: Hector Zenil [view email]
[v1] Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:45:32 GMT (618kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:45:49 GMT (618kb,D)
[v3] Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:58:54 GMT (671kb,D)
[v4] Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:03:49 GMT (1901kb,D)
[v5] Mon, 1 Apr 2024 22:10:27 GMT (1902kb,D)

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