1st Edition

Error Correcting Codes A Mathematical Introduction

By D J. Baylis Copyright 1998
232 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

232 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

232 Pages
by Routledge

Assuming little previous mathematical knowledge, Error Correcting Codes provides a sound introduction to key areas of the subject. Topics have been chosen for their importance and practical significance, which Baylis demonstrates in a rigorous but gentle mathematical style. Coverage includes optimal codes; linear and non-linear codes; general techniques of decoding errors and erasures; error... Read more
Setting the Scene
Reducing the Price
Number Theory-Arithmetic for Codes
Block Codes-Some Constraints and Some Geometry
The Power of Linearity
The Hamming Family and Friends
Polynomial Algebra
Cyclic Codes
The Reed-Muller Family of Codes

Biography

Baylis, D J.

"…clearly presented and logically constructed…provides lucid coverage …"
-Mathematical Reviews, Issue 99h