Sep 10: Introduction to the course. History and basics
of finite fields. What is coding theory.
Sep 15: Linear codes.
Sep 17: Linear codes (cont).
Sep 22: Decoding linear codes. Bounds.
Sep 24: Dual codes. Hamming codes.
Basics on finite fields and polynomials.
Sep 29: Basics on finite fields (cont).
2-error-correcting BCH codes. [A1 handed out.]
Oct 1: 2-error-correcting BCH codes (cont).
To October lectures.