Decoding Goppa Codes with MAGMA

Giorgio Faina1, Massimo Giulietti 1
1Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Universita degli Studi di Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia, Italy

Abstract

The aim of this note is to provide a programme for the Computer Algebra package MAGMA, which is suitable to decode one-point Goppa codes defined from Hermitian curves.