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Jessie MacWilliams
Mathematician, programmer (1917-1990) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 73
Florence Jessie Collinson MacWilliams was an English mathematician who contributed to the field of coding theory, and was one of the first women to publish in the field.
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MacWilliams' thesis "Combinatorial Problems of Elementary Group Theory" contains one of the most important combinatorial results in coding theory, which is now known as the MacWilliams Identity.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1990 · aged 73