- Gustave Solomon
Gustave Solomon (
October 27 1930 –January 31 1996 ) was amathematician andengineer who was one of the founders of the algebraic theory of error-correction. He received Ph.D. inMathematics atMIT in 1956 under direction ofKenkichi Iwasawa .Solomon was best known for developing, along with
Irving S. Reed , algebraic error-detecting and error-correcting codes known asReed-Solomon error correction . These codes protect the integrity of digital information, and have had widespread use in modern digital storage and communications, from space communication to digital audiocompact disc .He was also one of the co-creators of the
Mattson-Solomon polynomial and theSolomon-McEliece weight formulae . He received withIrving Reed the 1995IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award .Anecdotes
Gus Solomon, in his later years, consulted at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,California . He was very interested in opera and in theater, and even wanted to get minor acting parts himself, perhaps in television commercials. Between assignments in theCommunications Research Section at JPL, he taught foreign-born engineers English by exposing them to music from American musical productions. He believed in enhancing health and feelings of well-being through breathing exercises, and was a practitioner of theFeldenkrais method . Gus used the mind-body connection philosophy of the Feldenkreis method to teach voice lessons. He had a strong love for music, and was a composer as well.His daughter, Grace Cheifetz, continues his legacy with her natural abilities in math and singing.
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