Golomb or Gollomb is a surname which was changed from the Polisch State Government after 1945 to 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 small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. ...

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

Eliyahu Golomb Eliyahu Golomb (; 2 March 1893 – 11 June 1945), also referred to as Eliyahu Ben-Naftali, was the "unofficial founder" of the Haganah, and one of the architects of the Jewish defense organizations in Mandatory Palestine, Palestine during the Br ...

(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 Solomon Wolf Golomb ( ; May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, best known for his works on mathematical games. He most notably inven ...

(1932–2016), American mathematician and engineer **

Golomb ruler In mathematics, a Golomb ruler is a set (mathematics), 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 bet ...

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 ...

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