Richard Hamming vs. David Hilbert
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Richard Hamming
1915 – 1998
Mathematics
United States
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, sphere-packing, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.
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"Transmission through space is the same as transmission through time ."
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David Hilbert
1862 – 1943
Mathematics
Kingdom of Prussia
David Hilbert was a German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics and one of the most influential mathematicians of his time.
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"Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And then that b…"
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Connections
David Hilbert was influenced by Richard Hamming
Shared era: 1915 – 1943
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