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Richard Hamming

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Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician who lived from 1915 to 1998 and whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, the sphere packing or Hamming bound, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.

Facts
Birth Year
1915 1
Birth Date
1915-02-11 2
Death Date
1998-01-07 2
Death Year
1998 1
Death Place
Monterey, California, United States 2
Nationality
United States 1
Notable Work
Hamming code 2
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, United States 2
Field
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
Field (category)
Engineering 1
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1. Richard Hamming (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1998-01-07T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
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2. Richard Hamming, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Born (date)
    February 11, 1915
  • Infobox, Born (place)
    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
  • Infobox, Died (date)
    January 7, 1998
  • Infobox, Died (place)
    Monterey, California, U.S.
  • Lead paragraph
    His contributions include the Hamming code (which makes use of a Hamming matrix), the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, the sphere-packing or Hamming bound, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.
  • Member Of: Bell Labs, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: University of Louisville; Manhattan Project (Los Alamos Laboratory, (1945-1946)); Bell Labs (1946-1976); Naval Postgraduate School (1976-1998)
  • Works In: Mathematics, Lead sentence
    Richard Wesley Hamming (February 11, 1915, January 7, 1998) was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications.
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