Download or read book Algebraic Function Fields and Codes written by Henning Stichtenoth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book links two subjects: algebraic geometry and coding theory. It uses a novel approach based on the theory of algebraic function fields. Coverage includes the Riemann-Rock theorem, zeta functions and Hasse-Weil's theorem as well as Goppa' s algebraic-geometric codes and other traditional codes. It will be useful to researchers in algebraic geometry and coding theory and computer scientists and engineers in information transmission.