Golomb or Gollomb is a surname derived from a phonetical approximation of the Polish word " gołąb" (meaning "

dove Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

"). It may refer to: * Abraham Golomb (1888–1982) Yiddish-language teacher and writer *

Eliyahu Golomb Eliyahu Golomb ( he, אליהו גולומב, 2 March 1893 – 11 June 1945). Born in Volkovysk, Belarus. After emigrating to Palestine he joined Hashomer, an underground Zionist militia, in 1916. He became one of the leaders of the Jewish defe ...

(1893–1945), leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine * Michael Golomb (1909–2008), American mathematician and educator * Rudy Gollomb (1911–1991), American football player * Solomon W. Golomb (1932–2016), American mathematician and engineer **

Golomb ruler In mathematics, a Golomb ruler is a set of marks at integer positions along a ruler such that no two pairs of marks are the same distance apart. The number of marks on the ruler is its ''order'', and the largest distance between two of its m ...

Golomb coding Golomb coding is a lossless data compression method using a family of data compression codes invented by Solomon W. Golomb in the 1960s. Alphabets following a geometric distribution will have a Golomb code as an optimal prefix code, making Golomb ...

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