Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov: Pioneer of the sampling theorem, cryptography, optimal detection, planetary mapping

Bissell, Christopher (2009). Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov: Pioneer of the sampling theorem, cryptography, optimal detection, planetary mapping. IEEE Communications Magazine, 47(10) pp. 24–32.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2009.5273804

Abstract

In 1933 the young Russian communications engineer Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov published a paper in which he formulated for the first time in an engineering context the sampling theorem for lowpass and bandpass signals. He also considered the bandwidth requirements of discrete signal transmission for telegraphy and images. Kotelnikov subsequently worked on scrambling, cryptography, optimal detection, and planetary radar (including the radar-assisted cartography of Venus). He was awarded numerous Soviet and international prizes and played a major role in Soviet academic and professional life in the field of radio engineering. Yet his achievements are still comparatively little known outside Russia.

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• Item Type
• Journal Item
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• 0163-6804
• Keywords
• Kotelnikov; sampling theorem; lowpass signals; bandpass signals; discrete signal transmission; scrambling; cryptography; optimal detection; planetary radar; radar-assisted cartography of Venus;
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• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• Christopher Bissell