Re: Newton's identitires and reed solomon decoding

From: Virgil (ITSnetNOTcom#virgil_at_COMCAST.com)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:22:49 -0700

In article <827aa59b.0503032049.773956e1@posting.google.com>,
 ritesh.panjabi@gmail.com (Ritesh) wrote:

> Hi!!!
> I am currently working on a Reed Solomon Codec. My team as finished
> working on the encoder section and it works like a charm thanks to all
> the people on google Groups. I have started studding how the decoder
> works from ‘Error Control systems for Digital communication & storage'
> by Stephen B. Wicker. We are currently studding the following decoders
>
> 1. Peterson – Gorenstein – Zierler Decoder
> 2. The Berlekamp – Massey Alogrithm
> 3. Euclid's Algorithm
>
> The every first two pages of the text includes something called the
> Newton's Identities and unfortunately we have no clue what they are
> and how they work and what are they used for. Needless to say the rest
> to the text becomes almost impossible to understand.

Have you thought of using Google? A Google search for "Newton's
identities" turned up a satisfactory number of relevant sites. Other
search engines might work also.
>
> If you have any information about Newton's identities and the RS
> decoders mentioned above please let me know. Your contribution is
> highly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sincerely,
> Ritesh
> Electronics & Telecommunication (Engineering Student)