Alternative names: LG code.
Description
Let \( G(x) \) be a polynomial describing a projective-plane curve with coefficients from \( GF(q^m) \) for some fixed integer \(m\). Let \( L \) be a finite subset of the extension field \( GF(q^m) \) where \(q\) is prime, meaning \( L = \{\alpha_1, \cdots, \alpha_n\} \) is a subset of nonzero elements of \( GF(q^m) \). A Goppa code \( \Gamma(L,G) \) is an \([n,k,d]_q\) linear code consisting of all vectors \(a = a_1, \cdots, a_n\) such that \( R_a(x) =0 \) modulo \(G(x)\), where \( R_a(x) = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{a_i}{z - \alpha_i} \).
Goppa codes are residue AG codes [4; Thm. 15.3.28]. Their duals are evaluation codes that are sometimes called geometric RS codes [5; Thm. 2.71].
Protection
The length \( n = |L| \) , dimension \( k \geq n-mr \) where \( r = \text{deg} G(x) \), and the minimum distance \( d \geq r +1 \).Decoding
Algebraic decoding algorithms [6]. If \( \text{deg} G(x) = 2t \) , then there exists a \(t\)-correcting algebraic decoding algorithm for \( \Gamma(L,G) \).Sugiyama et al. modification of the extended Euclidean algorithm [7,8].Binary Goppa codes can be decoded using an RS-based decoder [9].List decoder for binary Goppa codes [10].Realizations
The McEliece public-key cryptosystem [11,12]. The protocol relies on the assumptions that Goppa-code generator matrices are hard to distinguish from random linear codes. However, there is an algorithm distinguishing between the two code classes in a time subexponential in \(n\) [13].Notes
GAP function GoppaCode(G,L) takes in a polynomial \(G\) that satisfies the necessary conditions for a Goppa code and a list \(L\) that contains elements in \(GF(q)\) that are not roots of \(G\). It returns a Goppa code.Cousins
- Generalized RS (GRS) code— Goppa codes are \(GF(q)\)-subfield subcode of the dual of the GRS code over \(GF(q^m)\) with evaluation points \(\alpha_i\) and factors \(v_i=G(\alpha_i)^{-1}\) ([14], pg. 523; [5]).
- \(q\)-ary linear LTC— Goppa codes are locally testable [15].
- Quantum Goppa code— Classical Goppa codes over various algebraic curves are used to construct quantum Goppa codes.
Primary Hierarchy
Parents
Goppa codes are Cartier codes from a curve of genus zero [16].
Goppa codes are a special case of alternant codes [17; Ch. 12].
Goppa code
Children
Primitive narrow-sense BCH codes are Goppa codes with \(L=\{1,\alpha^{-1},\cdots,\alpha^{1-n}\}\) and \(G(x)=x^{\delta-1}\) [14; pg. 522].
Generalized Srivastava codes are a special case of Goppa codes [17; Ch. 12].
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“Goppa code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/goppa