| MATH 324 |
CRN 15668, 24 Points (2009 2/3) |
| Coordinator: |
Prof Geoff Whittle
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| Lecturer: |
AProf Dillon Mayhew
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| Prerequisites: |
MATH 207 or 214. |
| Lectures: |
Mon Tue Thu Fri 12-1 timetable |
| Tutorials: |
To be arranged. |
| Textbook: |
Hill, R., A First Course in Coding Theory, 2002, cost $120 approx. |
| Prescription: |
Vector spaces over finite fields; coding theory; finite geometries and designs. Hadamard Codes, non-prime fields and BCH Codes. Shannon's Theorem, Cryptography, one-way functions, discrete logarithm, public key integration and RSA Codes. |
| Description: |
Coding theory is the art of sending information through a "noisy" channel without losing information. Cryptography studies the problem of sending messages in secret through a public channel, as for example when we give bank account information over the internet. Both are branches of a rapidly growing and hugely important branch of mathematics called Information Theory. The course is an introduction to the area. |
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