ABSTRACT

Containing data on number theory, encryption schemes, and cyclic codes, this highly successful textbook, proven by the authors in a popular two-quarter course, presents coding theory, construction, encoding, and decoding of specific code families in an "easy-to-use" manner appropriate for students with only a basic background in mathematics offerin

chapter Chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction to Coding Theory

chapter Chapter 2|37 pages

Linear Codes

chapter Chapter 3|26 pages

Perfect and Related Codes

chapter Chapter 4|20 pages

Cyclic Linear Codes

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

BCH Codes

chapter Chapter 6|32 pages

Reed-Solomon Codes

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

Burst Error-Correcting Codes

chapter Chapter 8|32 pages

Convolutional Codes

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

Reed-Muller and Preparata Codes

chapter Chapter 10|25 pages

Classical Cryptography

chapter Chapter 11|25 pages

Topics in Algebra and Number Theory

chapter Chapter 12|28 pages

Public-key Cryptography