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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Oliver Pretzel (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Imperial College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Clarendon Press Volume: 8 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.437kg ISBN: 9780198500391ISBN 10: 0198500394 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 08 January 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart 1: Codes from algebraic curves 1: Introduction: curves and codes 2: Algebraic curves 3: Functions on algebraic curves 4: A survey of the theory of algebraic curves 5: Geometric Goppa codes 6: Basic error processing 7: Full error processing Part 2: Fields of algebraic functions 8: Introduction: the algebraic approach 9: Function fields and places 10: Valuations 11: Divisors 12: Repartitions and differentials 13: Extensions of function fields 14: Curves and function fields 15: More on Goppa codesReviews'... the text is clear and well-written with many helpful examples... this book should prove useful to students trying to learn about geometric codes.' Zentralblatt fur Mathematik, 884 The text is written in an approachable style. ' So, to learn enough algebraic geometry to understand Goppa's codes, a student could take this book and study it with advantage...gives any student an excellent start' Bulletin London Mathematical Society Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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