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WEEK |
DATES |
LECTURES |
REMARKS |
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1 |
Jan. 3-7 | Introduction, finite fields | |
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2 |
Jan. 10-14 | Minimal polynomials, traces | |
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3 |
Jan. 17-21 | Feedback shift register sequences | |
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4 |
Jan. 24-28 | Feedback shift register sequences |
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5 |
Jan. 31- Feb. 4 | Feedback shift register sequences | |
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6 |
Feb. 7-11 | Randomness measurements | |
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7 |
Feb. 14-18 | Randomness measurements | Test #1 (Feb. 17) |
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8 |
Feb. 21-25 | |
Reading week |
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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 |
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11
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Mar. 14-18 | Berlekamp-Massey algorithm and linear span |
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12 |
Mar. 21-25 | Crosscorrelation functions | Test #2 (Mar. 24) |
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13 |
Mar. 28- Apr. 1 | Project presentations | Project due (Mar. 31) |