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MATH 422

Coding Theory

3 units

Winter 2006

Topics

  • Groups, cosets and Lagrange theorem
  • Binary group codes
  • Polynomials
  • Finite fields
  • Error-correcting codes

Readings

  • required
  • Raymond Hill. A First Course in Coding Theory. Oxford, 1997.
    recommended
  • Paul Garrett. The Mathematics of Coding Theory. Prentice Hall, 2004.
    recommended
  • Vera Pless. Introduction to the Theory of Error-Correcting Codes, 2nd edition. Wiley, 1989.
    recommended
  • J. H. van Lint. Introduction to Coding Theory, 3rd edition. Springer, 1991 (as listed).
    recommended
  • Dominic Welsh. Codes and Cryptography. Oxford, 2000.
    recommended
  • Neal Koblitz. A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography, 2nd edition. Springer, 1994.
    recommended
  • Johannes A. Buchmann. Introduction to Cryptography. Springer, 2001.
    recommended
Sources