Download or read book Algebraic Curves Over a Finite Field written by J. W. P. Hirschfeld and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-23 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides a self-contained introduction to the theory of algebraic curves over a finite field, whose origins can be traced back to the works of Gauss and Galois on algebraic equations in two variables with coefficients modulo a prime number.