Elwyn Berlekamp Scientist

Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (born September 6, 1940) is an American mathematician. He is a professor emeritus of mathematics and EECS at the University of California, Berkeley. Berlekamp is known for his work in coding theory and combinatorial game theory.

Personal facts

Elwyn Berlekamp
Birth dateSeptember 06, 1940
Birth nameElwyn Ralph Berlekamp
Birth place
Dover Ohio
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for
Berlekamp–Massey algorithm
Go variants
Berlekamp's algorithm
Berlekamp–Welch algorithm

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Field of study
Information theory
Coding theory
Combinatorial game theory
notable student
David Wolfe (mathematician)
Aaron N. Siegel

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Elwyn Berlekamp on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://math.berkeley.edu/~berlek