In mathematics, Ulam's game, or the Rényi–Ulam game, is the problem of trying to guess an object with yes-no questions, where some of the answers may be wrong. introduced the game, though his paper was overlooked for many years, and
rediscovered the game, asking about the case where there are a million objects and the answer to one question can be wrong. gave a survey of similar games and their relation to information theory

Information theory

Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering involving the quantification of information. Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental limits on signal processing operations such as compressing data and on reliably storing and...

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