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Mar 31, 2026 rate-distortion context compression Shannon lossy compression information theory context compaction

The Rate-Distortion Theory of Context Compression

Context compaction is a lossy compression problem. Rate-distortion theory gives the theoretical lower bound on how much conversation history can be compressed.