page_title: Elwyn Berlekamp
hierarchical_section_title: Elwyn Berlekamp
caption_attribution_description: Elwyn R Berlekamp at conference on Combinatorial Game Theory at Banff International Research Station
context_page_description: Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp was an American mathematician known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics and EECS at the University of California, Berkeley.
  Berlekamp was the inventor of an algorithm to factor polynomials, and was one of the inventors of the Berlekamp–Welch algorithm and the Berlekamp–Massey algorithms, which are used to implement Reed–Solomon error correction.
  Berlekamp had also been active in money management. In 1986, he began information-theoretic studies of commodity and financial futures.
context_section_description: Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp (September 6, 1940 – April 9, 2019) was an American mathematician known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics and EECS at the University of California, Berkeley.
  Berlekamp was the inventor of an algorithm to factor polynomials, and was one of the inventors of the Berlekamp–Welch algorithm and the Berlekamp–Massey algorithms, which are used to implement Reed–Solomon error correction.
  Berlekamp had also been active in money management.  In 1986, he began information-theoretic studies of commodity and financial futures.
caption: Berlekamp in 2005
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