Differential approach for the study of duals of algebraic-geometric codes on surfaces (Q449692)

It is well known that the duals of algebraic geometry codes obtained from curves by evaluating functions from a Riemann--Roch space in rational points on the curve, can be described using differentials. However, dual codes obtained in a similar way from higher dimensional algebraic varieties, are not completely understood. In this article, the author manages to use differentials to describe these dual codes coming from surfaces. It is shown that in general the dual code can be obtained by taking the sum of several differential codes. Then the parameters of such codes are studied in case the surface has Picard number 1. Some of the codes obtained have parameters as good as the best known codes up to now.