Error-Correcting Codes and Finite Fields. Student Edition (Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series)

Pretzel, Oliver

ISBN 10: 0192690671 / ISBN 13: 9780192690678

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Error-Correcting Codes and Finite Fields. Student Edition (Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192690671
• ISBN 13: 9780192690678
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This book provides engineers and computer scientists with all the tools necessary to implement modern error-processing techniques. It assumes only a basic knowledge of linear algebra and develops the mathematical theory in parallel with the codes. Central to the text are worked examples which motivate and explain the theory. The first part introduces the basic ideas of coding theory. The second and third cover the theory of finite fields and give a detailed treatment of BCH and Reed-Solomon codes. The fourth part is devoted to Goppa codes, both classical and geometric, concluding with the Skorobogatov-Vladut error processor. A special feature is a simplified (but rigorous) treatment of the geometry of curves.

About the Author

O. L. R. Pretzel is at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.