In coding theory, the Singleton bound, named after Richard Collom Singleton, is a relatively crude bound on the size of a block code with block length, size and minimum distance .
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“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
—quoted in letter, Aug. 6, 1775, by painter John Singleton Copley on the subject of the American Revolution. British proverb.
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—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)