ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp

American mathematician and computer scientist famous for his contributions towards game theory.

Also the innovator of several computer algorithms.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: September 6, 1940, Dover, Ohio, USA

Theorems, Definitions and Other Creations

• Welch-Berlekamp Algorithm
• Berlekamp-Massey Algorithm (with James Massey)

Books, Publications, etc.

• 1964: Block coding with noiseless feedback (PhD Thesis)
• 1968: Algebraic Coding Theory
• 1982: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays (with John Horton Conway and Richard K. Guy)
• 1994: Mathematical Go (with David Wolfe)
• 2000: The Dots-and-Boxes Game