Introduction to the Theory of Error-Correcting Codes

Introductory Concepts. Useful Background. A Double--Error--Correcting BCH Code and a Finite Field of 16 Elements. Finite Fields. Cyclic Codes. Group of a Code and Quadratic Residue (QR) Codes. Bose--Chaudhuri--Hocquenghem (BCH) Codes. Weight Distributions. Designs and Games. Some Codes Are Unique. Appendix. References. Index.