Whenever information is transmitted across a channel, errors are bound to occur. So how was NASA able to transmit high resolution pictures of Jupiter and Saturn from Voyager 1? They used the Golay code.
Despite its name, a “code” in mathematics is not a way to send a secret message, but rather a way to send an accurate message. How can one tell whether s…
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