This introductory book, which grew out of lectures given at the Mathematics Institute of Wurzburg University, proposes a combination of coding theory and number theory. Chapter 1 gives a standard course of linear codes. The next two chapters treat a link between coding theory and number theory. Chapter 4 is a systematic study of algebraic-geometric codes and in Chapter 5 a connection between binary linear codes and theta functions is discussed.
The book is designed to teach undergraduates and graduates the basic ideas and techniques of coding theory and number theory."
This introductory book, which grew out of lectures given at the Mathematics Institute of Wurzburg University, proposes a combination of coding theo...
