CSC478/2412 home page (Spring 1997)
Updated April 3, 1997
Updated (April 15, 1997): Grading scheme for
assignment 4 updated.
New (April 3, 1997): Added the grading
scheme for assignment 3.
Updated the upcoming topics section.
New (March 27, 1997): Added tutorial examples on
distinct and equal degree factorization.
New (March 21, 1997): Added tutorial examples on
fast division and square-free factorization. Added assignment 4 Postscript
and grading scheme. Added the Upcoming Topics section.
New (February 17, 1997): Added tutor's office hours section.
New (February 17, 1997): Added assignment 3 -- PostScript
only.
Updated (February 7, 1997): Added a PostScript version
of the course outline
Updated (February 5, 1997): Assignment dates updated
New (January 17, 1997): Official outline added
CSC478 is the Computer Algebra course offered by the
Department of Computer Science at the
University of Toronto.
The course instructor is Daniel Panario
(daniel@cs.utoronto.ca), and
the tutor is David Neto
(neto@cs.utoronto.ca).
Contents:
Upcoming topics
- Tuesday March 25: Daniel will finish polynomial factorization.
- Thursday March 27: David will take over Thursday class to do examples
of distinct degree factorization and equal degree factorization.
- Friday March 28 is Good Friday, so we'll have no class or tutorial.
- April 1: Daniel will begin with Gröbner bases.
Gordie Howe will try to revive his professional hockey career.
The government of Ontario plans to vote on the megacity bill.
- April 4: David will talk about constructing finite fields, assignment 5,
and do some sample calculations used in constructing Gröbner bases.
Tutor's office hours
- Wednesday February 19, 1997, 10am-11am in SF3207.
Tutorial notes
Homework notes
If there is a discrepancy between a PostScript file and an HTML file,
the PostScript file shall be deemed authoritative.
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