MATH 5900X,  TENTATIVE CLASS OUTLINE FOR WINTER 2011 (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

WEEK

DATES

LECTURES

REMARKS 

1

Jan. 3-7 Introduction, finite fields       

2

Jan. 10-14 Minimal polynomials, traces       

3

Jan. 17-21 Feedback shift register sequences       

4

Jan. 24-28 Feedback shift register sequences


5

Jan. 31- Feb. 4 Feedback shift register sequences

 

6

Feb. 7-11 Randomness measurements

7

Feb. 14-18 Randomness measurements Test #1 (Feb. 17)

8

Feb. 21-25
Reading week

9

Feb. 28- Mar. 4 Discrete Fourier transform of periodic sequences Minor project due (Mar. 3)
    10 Mar. 7-11 Discrete Fourier transform of periodic sequences

  

11

Mar. 14-18 Berlekamp-Massey algorithm and linear span

12

Mar. 21-25 Crosscorrelation functions Test #2 (Mar. 24)

13

Mar. 28- Apr. 1 Project presentations Project due (Mar. 31)