Gustave Solomon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustave Solomon

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1930

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1996

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gustave Solomon (October 27, 1930 – January 31, 1996) was a mathematician and electrical engineer who was one of the founders of the algebraic theory of error detection and correction.
He completed his Ph.D.
in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 under direction of Kenkichi Iwasawa. Solomon was best known for developing, along with Irving S.
Reed, the algebraic error correction and detection codes named the Reed–Solomon codes.
These codes protect the integrity of digital information, and they have had widespread use in modern digital storage and communications, ranging from deep space communications down to the digital audio compact disc. Solomon was also one of the co-creators of the Mattson–Solomon polynomial and the Solomon–McEliece weight formulas.
He received IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award along with Irving Reed in 1995. Solomon was survived by one daughter.