Description
Very useful both for research and in the classroom. The main reason to use this book in a classroom is to prepare students for new research in the fields of finite geometries, curves in positive characteristic in a projective space, and curves over a finite field and their applications to coding theory. I think researchers will quote it for a long time. -- Edoardo Ballico, University of Trento This book is a self-contained guide to the theory of algebraic curves over a finite field, one that leads readers to various recent results in this and related areas. Personally I was attracted by the rich examples explained in this book. -- Masaaki Homma, Kanagawa University
About the Author
J.W.P. Hirschfeld is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Sussex. His books include "Projective Geometries over Finite Fields". G. Korchmaros is professor of mathematics at the University of Basilicata in Italy. F. Torres is professor of mathematics at the University of Campinas in Brazil.
Reviews
"This book is well-written and I greatly enjoyed reading it. The wealth of information and examples in this book give the reader a firm foundation and develop an intuition for the subject. The authors have used it as a textbook for a two-year course, and it would be a fine introduction to any advanced undergraduate or graduate student wanting to learn this subject."--Thomas Hagedorn, MAA Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780691096797
Author J. W. P. Hirschfeld
Format Hardback
Page Count 744
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 1162g