Mathematician: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 and )
 * 1994: Mathematical Go (with )
 * 2000: