The Prefix Code AI-generated Draft Copy + Revise

4 grids · reconstruct grid #3

Grid Sequence
Construct the optimal prefix-free binary code (Huffman coding) for six symbols with the given frequencies. At each step, merge the two least-frequent symbols (breaking ties by taking the earlier symbol). Assign 0 to the left branch and 1 to the right branch. Encode bit 0 as grid value 0, bit 1 as grid value 9, and unused (padding) positions as grid value 5. Each row of the code grid corresponds to a symbol (A through F in order), and columns represent bit positions from MSB to LSB. The most frequent symbol gets the shortest code.
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