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Elwyn Berlekamp
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Memorial Page for Elwyn Berlekamp

Sep 6, 1940 – Apr 9, 2019(78 years)Died in:Piedmont, Alameda County

American mathematician

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Occupation(3)

mathematiciancomputer scientistuniversity teacher

Awards(5)

IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Shannon AwardIEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications AwardFellow of the American Mathematical Society

Education(1)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (* September 6, 1940 in Dover; † April 9, 2019 in Piedmont) was an american mathematician. He was 78 years old. He had 3 children. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received 5 awards, including IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His cause of death was pulmonary fibrosis.

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Born in Dover, Tuscarawas County

1940

IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award

1990

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal

1991

Claude E. Shannon Award

1993

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

2013

Died in Piedmont, Alameda County (pulmonary fibrosis)

2019

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Elwyn Berlekamp. Forever remembered.