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| − | '''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref> He is notable for developing the [[Reed Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> | + | '''Gustave Solomon''' a.k.a. '''Gus Solomon''' (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.<ref name="IEEE ITSN">{{hnb|McEliece|1996}}</ref><ref name="Pace 1996">{{hnb|Pace|1996}}</ref> He is notable for developing the [[Reed-Solomon error correction code]] with [[Irving Reed]] in 1960.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> The Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous, and find applications and protect data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, the [[CD-ROM|compact disk]], digital audio tapes, and [[HDTV]].<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/> |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> | Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/> | ||
Revision as of 04:02, January 4, 2008
Gustave Solomon a.k.a. Gus Solomon (born October 27, 1930, died January 31 1996) was a world renowned coding theorist.[1][2] He is notable for developing the Reed-Solomon error correction code with Irving Reed in 1960.[1] The Reed-Solomon codes are ubiquitous, and find applications and protect data in a wide variety of applications including the Voyager and Galileo spacecrafts, the compact disk, digital audio tapes, and HDTV.[1]
Biography
Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.[2]
Education
- B.A. in Mathematics from Yeshiva University in 1951
- Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT in 1956
References
sources
- McEliece, Bob (1996), "Obituary Gus Solomon, 1930-1996", Information Theory Society Newsletter 46(2), ISSN 1059-2362
- Pace, Eric (1996-02-18), Gustave Solomon, Mathematician, Is Dead at 65, The New York Times Retrieved on 2008-01-03