What is Solomon W. Golomb?
'''Solomon Wolf Golomb''' (May 30, 1932 &ndash; May 1, 2016)<ref>http://www.itsoc.org/news-events/recent-news/sol-golomb-passes-away </ref> was an [[Americans|American]] mathematician, engineer and professor of electrical engineering at the [[University of Southern California]]. He was best known for his works on [[recreational mathematics|mathematical games]]. He invented [[Cheskers]] in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully described [[polyomino]]es and [[pentomino]]es in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ericharshbarger.org/pentominoes/|title=Eric Harshbarger's Pentominoes Page|website=www.ericharshbarger.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.rit.edu/mecsma/Professional/Puzzles/Pentominoes/P-Intro.html|title=Pentominoes - Introduction|website=people.rit.edu}}</ref> He was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. He has specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory and communications. His game of [[pentomino]] inspired [[Tetris]]. Golomb died in [[Los Angeles, California]] on May 1, 2016 from [[heart failure]], aged 83. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/golomb.htm Biography of Dr. Golomb at the USC Electrical Engineering Department's website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Golomb, Solomon W.}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Engineers from Maryland]] [[Category:Educators from Baltimore]] [[Category:Scientists from Baltimore]] {{US-bio-stub}}