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#5. Error-Correcting Codes

Published

11 Jun, 2023

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Link to Slides · Link to recording: Part 1 and Part 2


Prompts for discussion:

  1. Explain the first two attempts (repeating the string twice and using parity checks for rows and columns) in linear-algebraic terms.

  2. Work through the nearly-impossible chessboard puzzle. Here’s a related tweet thread.


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