Explicit Construction of Global Function Fields with Many Rational Places. The use of error-correcting codes and cryptosystems is fundamental to the secure and reliable operation of many technological devices that we depend upon in our everyday lives. Essentially invisible, both coding theory and cryptography are essential for banking (ATM machines, e-banking), commerce (e-commerce), defense (cryptography) and entertainment (digital TV and radio, music CDs, DVDs). While certain families of "goo ....Explicit Construction of Global Function Fields with Many Rational Places. The use of error-correcting codes and cryptosystems is fundamental to the secure and reliable operation of many technological devices that we depend upon in our everyday lives. Essentially invisible, both coding theory and cryptography are essential for banking (ATM machines, e-banking), commerce (e-commerce), defense (cryptography) and entertainment (digital TV and radio, music CDs, DVDs). While certain families of "good" codes and cryptosystems can be constructed from specific function fields whose existence is guaranteed by abstract theory, often no actual construction for the function field is currently known. We aim to close this gap, making a greater range of "good" codes and cryptosystems available for practical applications.
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