Download or read book Introduction to Coding Theory written by Jurgen Bierbrauer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to be usable as a textbook for an undergraduate course or for an advanced graduate course in coding theory as well as a reference for researchers in discrete mathematics, engineering and theoretical computer science. This second edition has three parts: an elementary introduction to coding, theory and applications of codes, and algebraic curves. The latter part presents a brief introduction to the theory of algebraic curves and its most important applications to coding theory.