From error-correcting codes through sphere packings to simple groups
by Thomas M. Thompson.
[Washington] : Mathematical Association of America, ©1983.
xiv, 228 págs. : ilustraciones ; 20 cm.
Serie: The Carus mathematical monographs ; no. 21
ISBN: 0883850230
Bibliografía: p. 217-223.
Reseña: MathSciNet, 86j:94002
Contenido
- 1. The origin of error-correcting codes
- 2. From coding to sphere packing
- 3. From sphere packing to new simple groups.