Weights in codes and genus 2 curves
Gary McGuire, José Felipe Voloch · Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society · 2005
We discuss a class of binary cyclic codes and their dual codes. The minimum distance is determined using algebraic geometry and an application of Weil’s theorem. We relate each weight appearing in the dual codes to the number of rational points on a genus 2 curve of 2-rank 1 over a finite field of characteristic 2. The possible values for the number of points on a curve of genus 2 and 2-rank 1 are determined, thus determining the weights in the dual codes.