We consider Reed-Solomon (RS) codes whose evaluation points belong to a subfield, and give a linear-algebraic list decoding algorithm that can correct a fraction of errors approaching the code distance, while pinning down the candidate messages to a well-structured affine space of dimension a constant factor smaller than the code ... more >>>
We construct a new list-decodable family of asymptotically good algebraic-geometric (AG) codes over fixed alphabets. The function fields underlying these codes are constructed using class field theory, specifically Drinfeld modules of rank $1$, and designed to have an automorphism of large order that is used to ``fold" the AG code. ... more >>>
We give new explicit constructions of several fundamental objects in linear-algebraic pseudorandomness and combinatorics, including lossless rank extractors, weak subspace designs, and strong $s$-blocking sets over finite fields.
Our focus is on the small-field regime, where the field size depends only on a secondary parameter (such as the rank or ... more >>>
A subspace design is a collection of subspaces $H_1,\ldots,H_n$ of $\mathbb{F}_q^k$ with the property that no low-dimensional subspace $W$ intersects the collection ``too much’’. Subspace designs and related objects in linear-algebraic pseudorandomness have found a broad range of applications, ranging from list decoding and recovery, to derandomizing algorithms.
We ... more >>>