The Theory of Error-Correcting Codes: Part I, Part II [two volumes, complete]
by MacWilliams, F. J. & N. J. A. Sloane
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0444850090
- ISBN 13
- 9780444850096
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam/New York/Oxford: North-Holland Publishing, 1977. Important text on mathematical methods used in coding; Cambridge & Harvard graduate Florence Jessie MacWilliams was one of the first women to publish in the field of coding theory, and worked at Bell Labs for most of her career; co-author Sloane was a younger colleague at Bell. Two volume set, complete; hardcovers as pictured. Light wear, minor cockling to pages, ink name (of University of Wisconsin computer & electrical enginnering professor J. A. Bucklaw on each endsheet (four times per book), no jackets. Texts clean; xv, [3], 369; ix, [2], [370] to 762 pages; index, 1478-item bibliography, appendixes, figures, tables, many equations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. Set.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0838
- Title
- The Theory of Error-Correcting Codes: Part I, Part II [two volumes, complete]
- Author
- MacWilliams, F. J. & N. J. A. Sloane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0444850090
- ISBN 13
- 9780444850096
- Publisher
- North-Holland Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam/New York/Oxford
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Computers, Computing, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Math
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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