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This is a 1-semester course for folks interested in Mathematical Cryptography (major topic) and other aspects of Coding: Data Compression and (time permitting) Error-correcting codes. We will also cover one example of an Isomorphism code.
It is accessible to anyone with an introductory NT course or who has read the first chapter or two of a beginning NT text.
(I'd like you to know What a prime number is, and What mathematical induction is and What an equivalence relation is. Also helpful is how to “add two numbers mod N”, and what the Euler phi function is.)
Good choices [all these books are in Marston Science Library, on campus] for self-study are:
Our Teaching Page
has useful information for students in all of my classes.
It has my schedule,
LOR guidelines,
and Usually Useful Pamphlets.
One of them is the
Checklist
(pdf)
which gives pointers on what I consider to be good mathematical
writing.
Further information is at our
class-archive URL
(I email this private URL directly to students).
During Add-Drop, we may have a mini-test of prerequisite knowledge.
The mini-test counts for little, about
2%—4% of course grade, and selects some topics from:
:: High-school knowledge
(formula for a line between two points, the Quadratic Formula,
intersecting a line with a parabola, etc.), and some
:: Sets&Logic ideas
(Equivalence relations, partial orders, binary operators,
induction, pigeon-hole principle, cardinality, etc.)
:: Mathematical maturity
(Do you remember your basic calculus stuff? Do you remember how
to sum a geometric series?)
:: Math-Greek alphabet (pdf),
which we will use in class frequently.
Available is a practice prereq.
(pdf)
which gives pointers on what I consider to be good mathematical
writing.
Further information is at our
class-archive URL
(I email this private URL directly to students).
In all of my courses, attendance is absolutely required (excepting illness and religious holidays). In the unfortunate event that you miss a class, you are responsible to get all Notes / Announcements / TheWholeNineYards from a classmate, or several. All my classes have a substantial class-participation grade.
Lightning Boltalg).
Pythagorean triples(a,b,c) of positive integers for which
Pythagorean Triples (pdf)at Usually Useful Pamphlets.
Various math czars who help out.
| Time | Computer/Proj | Blackboard | Humor | E-Problems | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Resources on The Web
(TAotDM)
,
WWSKnow?
Our textbook is
An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography
(Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics).
| Authors: | Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher, J.H. Silverman | ISBN: | 978-0-387-77993-5 |
| Year: | 2008 | Publisher: | Springer |
| Marston: | QA268 .H64 2008 | Electronic: | Chap. 1 and Chap. 2, Diffie-Hellman, etc. (Free for UF students) |
The
IP (pdf),
is due, slid
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my office door (Little Hall 402, Northeast corner)
,
no later than 2PM, Thur., 25Apr2019.
The project must be carefully typed, but diagrams may be hand-drawn.
At all times have a paper copy you can hand-in; I do
NOT accept
electronic versions.
Print out a copy each day, so that you always have the latest version to
hand-in; this, in case your printer or computer fails.
(You are too old for My dog ate my homework.
)
Please follow the guidelines on the
Checklist
(pdf, 3pages) to earn full credit.
