Hill, Raymond, 1942-

A first course in coding theory / Raymond Hill. - xii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Oxford applied mathematics and computing science series . - Oxford applied mathematics and computing science series .

Bibliography: p. 243-248. - Includes index.

Introduction to error correcting codes -- The main coding theory problem -- An introduction to finite fields -- Vector spaces over finite fields -- Introduction to linear codes -- Encoding and decoding with a linear code -- The dual code the parity check matrix and syndrome decoding -- The hamming codes -- Perfect codes -- Codes and latin squares -- A double error correcting decimal code and an introduction to BCH codes -- Cyclic codes -- Weight enumerators -- The main linear coding theory problem -- MDS codes -- Concluding remarks, related topics and further reading.



9780198538035 (paperback) 0198538030 (paperback)


Error-correcting codes (Information theory)

003.54