Hamming codes part 2, the elegance of it all

2020-09-04

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A cleaner perspective on Hamming error correction codes

Part 1: /youtube/video/X8jsijhllIA

Watch Ben Eater's video: /youtube/video/h0jloehRKas

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You can read Hamming's own perspective on his discovery of these codes in chapter 12 of "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering".

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Heavily related is the chessboard puzzle I did with Matt Parker:

/youtube/video/as7Gkm7Y7h4

If you're curious to learn a bit about Shannon, the father of information theory, take a look at this documentary.

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Thanks to these viewers for their contributions to translations

Hebrew: Omer Tuchfeld

Hungarian: FaboBence

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