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SOLOMON W. GOLOMB
SOLOMON W. GOLOMB
Pages 126-131
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He was known for his singular ability to apply advanced mathematics to problems in digital communications. Video images from the Mars rover Curiosity owe a huge debt to his mathematical coding schemes, enabling pristine imagery transmitted back to Earth.
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In 1961 a radar signal encoded with a Golomb-devised signal technology bounced off Venus. Years later eye-popping images started streaming in from the Red Planet; the tightly compressed communications packages traveling millions of miles to Earth are the fruit of his 1966 research.
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And he was called "the godfather of Tetris" for creating polyominoes that inspired the invention of the tilematching puzzle video game. With his Old Testament white beard, it seems fitting that he also occasionally taught a freshman seminar on the Book of Genesis.
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In addition, "He had a great sense of humor and a wonderful laugh," Bekey said. "He leaves a huge gap in our faculty, since there is no one who could stand in his shoes." Sandeep Gupta, chair of electrical engineering–systems, said Golomb's classic text Shift Register Sequences (Aegean Park Press, 1967)
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"I learned a great deal from Sol, particularly on the mathe matics of linear shift register sequences. Along with coding and information theory, this theoretical trio greatly influenced and enhanced the evolution of my career." He added, "We've lost a great mind.
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