This treatise uses a novel approach based on the theory of algebraic function fields to link the subjects of algebraic geometry and coding theory. Topics treate... » 

This treatise uses a novel approach based on the theory of algebraic function fields to link the subjects of algebraic geometry and coding theory. Topics treated include the Riemann-Rock theorem, zeta functions and Hasse-Weil's theorem as well as Goppa's algebraic-geometric codes. «