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The Golay Code

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A Short Course on Error Correcting Codes

Part of the book series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences ((CISM,volume 188))

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In this chapter we describe one of the most important of all codes, the [24,12,8] extended Golay code.

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    N. J. A. Sloane

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Sloane, N.J.A. (1975). The Golay Code. In: A Short Course on Error Correcting Codes. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 188. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2864-0_3

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