Richard Hamming

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, the sphere-packing or Hamming bound, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.

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Who was born first?

• Richard Hamming and Norman Foster Ramsey were born the same year
• Richard Hamming and Robert Hofstadter were born the same year
• Richard Hamming and Philip Morrison were born the same year
• Richard Hamming and Fred Hoyle were born the same year
• Richard Hamming and Clifford Shull were born the same year

Timeline

1. Clifford ShullSeptember 23, 1915 – March 31, 2001
2. Fred HoyleJune 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
3. Norman Foster RamseyAugust 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011
4. Philip MorrisonNovember 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005
5. Richard Hamming (this page)February 11, 1915 – January 7, 1998
6. Robert HofstadterFebruary 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990

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