Talk:Sphere-packing bound

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[edit] Explanations, please!

I know this isn't simple wikipedia, but this page is just way too abstruse. There needs to be a bit of introduction, with links to other relevant articles, so that the reader gets a bit of context. I came here from close-packing and felt like I had gone through a rabbit-hole: "What, codes? Huh? A code correcting code-words? What has this got to do with sphere packing?" --Slashme 12:42, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Discussion

I would vote to merge the Sphere-packing page into the Hamming Bound page, as "Hamming Bound" seems to be the official name of the concept and "sphere-packing bound" is more like a nickname. Plus, it gives more respect to Dr. Hamming. --Culix (talk) 03:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)