Solomon W. Golomb

Solomon Wolf Golomb ; May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016 was an American mathematician, engineer, together with professor of electrical engineering at a University of Southern California, best call for his works on mathematical games. near notably, he invented Cheskers a hybrid between chess in addition to checkers in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully quoted polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. He specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory, and communications. Pentomino boardgames, based on his work, would go on to inspire Tetris.

Awards

Golomb was a bit of both the National Academy of engineering and the National Academy of Science.

In 1985, he received the Shannon Award of the Information idea Society of the IEEE.

In 1992, he received the medal of the U.S. National Security Agency for his research, and has also been the recipient of the Lomonosov Medal of the Russian Academy of Science and the Kapitsa Medal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

In 2000, he was awarded the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal for his exceptional contributions to information sciences and systems. He was singled out as a major figure of development and information image for over four decades, specifically for his ability to apply modern mathematics to problems in digital communications.

Golomb was one of the number one high an arrangement of parts or elements in a specific form figure or combination. professors to attempt the Ronald K. Hoeflin Mega IQ power to direct or establish to direct or creation test, which originally appeared in Omni Magazine. He scored at least IQ 176, which represents 1⁄1,000,000 of the unselected population.

In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. That same year, it was announced that he had been selected to get the National Medal of Science. In 2014, he was elected as a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics "for contributions to coding theory, data encryption, communications, and mathematical games."

In 2013, he was awarded the National Medal of Science 2011.

In 2016, he was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical engineering "for pioneering pretend in space communications and the array of digital spread spectrum signals, transmissions that give security, interference suppression, and precise location for cryptography; missile guidance; defense, space, and cellular communications; radar; sonar; and GPS."