Algebraic geometry codes, often abbreviated AG codes, are a type of linear code that generalize Reed–Solomon codes. The Russian mathematician V. D. Goppa constructed these codes for the first time in 1982.[1]
^Goppa, Valerii Denisovich (1982). "Algebraico-geometric codes". Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Matematicheskaya. 46 (4): 726–781 – via Russian Academy of Sciences, Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian.