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Why is the block size chosen to be q-1 for Reed-Solomon codes?

Well, the Reed Solomon code in the polynomial evaluation framework is given by a polynomial of degree $d=k-1,$ say $f$ over $GF(q).$ A typical codeword is $$ (f(x_1),\ldots,f(x_n)) $$ where $x_i$ are ...
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