TY - JOUR AU - Beelen, Peter AU - Ruano Benito, Diego PY - 2013 UR - http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31750 AB - In this article we use techniques from coding theory to derive upper bounds for the number of rational places of the function field of an algebraic curve defined over a finite field. The used techniques yield upper bounds if the (generalized)... LA - eng TI - Bounding the number of points on a curve using a generalization of Weierstrass semigroups DO - 10.1007/s10623-012-9685-3 ER -