From Error Correcting Codes Through Sphere Packings to Simple Groups

by Thomas M. Thompson

Book Overview

This book traces a remarkable path of mathematical connections through seemingly disparate topics. Frustrations with a 1940's electro-mechanical computer at a premier research laboratory begin this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883850230
• ISBN13: 9780883850237
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.