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{{cquote|The Reed-Solomon codes are used in correcting errors that crop up in either the transmission of or the storage of information in digital systems -- that is, systems that record information by using widely varied sequences of zeros and ones. Over the years, the codes have come into increasingly widespread use as a way of combating the inevitable errors that occur in the transmission and storage of information.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>}}

{{cquote|The Reed-Solomon codes are used in correcting errors that crop up in either the transmission of or the storage of information in digital systems -- that is, systems that record information by using widely varied sequences of zeros and ones. Over the years, the codes have come into increasingly widespread use as a way of combating the inevitable errors that occur in the transmission and storage of information.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>}}

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>  He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex Solomon and Julius Solomon.   

Solomon died in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 1996.<ref name="Pace 1996"/>  He was survived by a daughter, Grace Solomon Cheifetz and two brothers, Alex Solomon and Julius Solomon.  He worked at [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]].   

=== Music as a second career ===

=== Music as a second career ===

Gus Solomon came from a family of singers, and was an accopmplished singer himself.  He sang small operatic parts in [[Boston]] and [[Los Angeles]] as well as chorus tenor in many of the classical oratorios and requiems.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Gus also studied piano and composed songs while in his teens, and left behind a collection of over 40 folk and popular songs.   

Gus Solomon came from a family of singers, and was an accopmplished singer himself.  He sang small operatic parts in [[Boston]] and [[Los Angeles]] as well as chorus tenor in many of the classical oratorios and requiems.<ref name="IEEE ITSN"/>  Gus also studied piano and composed songs while in his teens, and left behind a collection of over 40 folk and popular songs.