Mathematician

Richard Hamming

Error correcting codes, and the lecture You and Your Research.

Richard Wesley Hamming was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications. His contributions include the Hamming code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, the sphere-packing or Hamming bound, Hamming graph concepts, and the Hamming distance.

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Born
1915-02-11, Chicago, USAA Thursday
Died
1998-01-07, Monterey, USAA Wednesday, aged 82
At birth
Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Capricorn
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1915-02-11, Chicago, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius21°56′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°17′Direct
MercuryPisces8°01′Direct
VenusCapricorn5°12′Direct
MarsAquarius9°45′Direct
JupiterPisces1°50′Direct
SaturnGemini25°33′Retrograde
UranusAquarius12°13′Direct
NeptuneCancer28°26′Retrograde
PlutoCancer0°20′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1998-01-07, Monterey, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn17°19′Direct
MoonTaurus16°20′Direct
MercurySagittarius24°20′Direct
VenusAquarius1°01′Retrograde
MarsAquarius16°08′Direct
JupiterAquarius23°41′Direct
SaturnAries13°59′Direct
UranusAquarius7°29′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn29°11′Direct
PlutoSagittarius6°59′Direct

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