Error-Correcting Codes and Finite Fields (Paperback, Reprint)

Error correcting codes is an area which has vital importance for the development of signal processing over the next 20 years. The purpose of this book is to provide a theoretical and practical introduction to the subject of error correcting codes. This textbook is a reprint of Chapters 1-20 of the original hardback edition. It provides the reader with the tools necessary to implement modern error-processing schemes, and only a basic knowledge of linear algebra is assumed. More elementary than any of the other books of the same subject, it will be considerably easier for most graduate students to follow. All the necessary mathematics is developed in parallel with the applications. The author has provided a simple step-by-step approach, with worked examples which motivate and explain the theory.