Course Catalog 2008-2009
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Course Catalog 2008-2009

MAT-51206 Coding Theory, 6 cr

Course´s person responsible

Stephane Foldes

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Final exam and activity points, particulars to be announced during first lecture.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Strings and fixed length codes. Minimum distance, error detection, error correction.     
2. Codewords as vectors over a finite field. Binary codes and the 2-element field. Linear codes.      
3. Codewords as polynomials over a finite field, cyclic codes.     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Introduction to Coding and Information Theory   Steven Roman       Springer      English  


Prerequisites

Course O/R
MAT-21160 Algoritmimatematiikka Obligatory  
MAT-31090 Matriisilaskenta 1 Recommended  
MAT-41156 Algebra 1 Obligatory  
MAT-55406 Finite Fields Recommended  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MAT-51206 Coding Theory, 6 cr 73120 Coding Theory, 3 cu  

Last modified15.08.2008
ModifierHanna Hämäläinen