From the reviews: “The 2nd (slightly enlarged) edition of the van Lint’s book is a short, concise, mathematically rigorous introduction to the subject. Basic notions and ideas are clearly presented from the mathematician’s point of view and illustrated on various special classes of codes…This nice book is a must for every mathematician wishing to introduce himself to the algebraic theory of coding.” European Mathematical Society Newsletter, 1993 “Despite the exist… More >>
#1 by Integral on June 24, 2010 - 6:08 am
Very good intro textbook. It gives short, detailed preps to various coding areas (linear, cyclic, convolutional). The biggest advantage this book has is that it does not throw at You tonnes of unnecessary info (like many other thick books do). That is, it assumes reader has some basic understanding of algebra and probability theory. Let’s say, it gives good theoretical presentation such that the reader gets good theoretical understanding, it is not example-based.
Rating: 4 / 5