Weighted Reed-Muller codes and algebraic-geometric codes

A generalization of the Reed-Muller codes, the weighted Reed-Muller codes, is presented. The code parameters are estimated and the duals are shown also to be weighted Reed-Muller codes. It is shown how the minimum distance of certain algebraic-geometric codes in many cases can be determined exactly or an upper bound can be found, using subcodes which are weighted Reed-Muller codes.<
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