Hamming weight

Summary

Hamming weight is a function^[1]. It draws 217 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #21 of 114).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hamming weight is credited with the discovery of Irving S. Reed^[3].
• Hamming weight's instance of is recorded as function^[4].
• Hamming weight's instance of is recorded as property^[5].
• Hamming weight's instance of is recorded as bitwise operation^[6].
• Hamming weight's instance of is recorded as unary function^[7].
• Richard Hamming is named after Hamming weight^[8].
• Hamming weight's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Hamming weight's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048nw2^[10].
• Hamming weight's OEIS ID is recorded as A000120^[11].
• Hamming weight's definition domain is recorded as set^[12].
• Hamming weight's different from is recorded as census^[13].
• Hamming weight's different from is recorded as number of individuals^[14].
• Hamming weight's image of function is recorded as set of non-negative integers^[15].
• Hamming weight's defining formula is recorded as \text{wt}(c)=|{i|c_i \ne 0}|^[16].
• Hamming weight's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 63361517^[17].
• Hamming weight's in defining formula is recorded as \text{wt}^[18].
• Hamming weight's in defining formula is recorded as |\cdot|^[19].
• Hamming weight's PlanetMath ID is recorded as Weightstrings^[20].
• Hamming weight's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C63361517^[21].
• Hamming weight's characteristic of is recorded as bit array^[22].
• Hamming weight's characteristic of is recorded as string^[23].

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Works and Contributions

Hamming weight is credited with the discovery of Irving S. Reed^[3].

Why It Matters

Hamming weight draws 217 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #21 of 114).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]