Safety in Numbers: Protecting Data Mathemagically

Author: McEliece, Robert J.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 52, Number 4, 1989, pp. 26-36

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 52:4, Summer 1989

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:52.4.McEliece

Abstract

Error correction plays a big part in today's communication and data-storage systems. And it can even be fun.