FAMILIES OF CURVES AND WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS OF CODES

Authors
SCHOOF R
Citation
R. Schoof, FAMILIES OF CURVES AND WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS OF CODES, Bulletin, new series, of the American Mathematical Society, 32(2), 1995, pp. 171-183
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, General",Mathematics
Journal title
Bulletin, new series, of the American Mathematical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
02730979
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
171 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-0979(1995)32:2<171:FOCAWD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In this expository paper we show how one can, in a uniform way, calcul ate the weight distributions of some well-known binary cyclic codes. T he codes are related to certain families of curves, and the weight dis tributions are related to the distribution of the number of rational p oints on the curves.