Career

He discovered the relation between algebraic geometry and codes. Today these codes are called Goppa codes. In 1981 he presented his discovery at the algebra seminar of the Moscow State University.

V. Doctorate. East. North. Doctorate. VD.

Achievements

• In 1972 he won the best paper award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Information Theory Society for his paper "A new class of linear correcting codes". "Binary Symmetric Channel Capacity Is Attained with Irreducible Codes".