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Richard Hamming

Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering

1915 – 1998U.S.AContribution: 1950

Introduction

Richard Hamming (1915-1998) was an influential American mathematician and computer scientist known for his work in information theory and error-correcting codes. His contributions include the development of Hamming codes, which have played a significant role in error detection and correction in computer systems and communication networks.

Key Achievement

Created the fields of error-correcting code, Hamming code, Hamming matrix, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing (or Hamming bound), and the Hamming distance established the concept of perfect code.

Biography

Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.

Notable Works

Hamming code

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Hamming weight

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Hamming window

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Hamming bound

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Hamming graph

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Hamming distance

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Did You Know?

In April 1945, he joined the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, where he programmed the IBM calculating machines that computed the solution to equations provided by the project's physicists.
Over the next fifteen years, he was involved in nearly all of the laboratories' most prominent achievements.
For his work, he received the ACM Turing Award in 1968, being its third recipient.