TY - BOOK AU - Bierbrauer,Juergen TI - Introduction to coding theory SN - 9781482299809 U1 - 003.54 BIE KW - Coding theory N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -