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Course Catalog 2010-2011
MAT-55406 Finite Fields, 4 cr |
Person responsible
Stephane Foldes
Requirements
Final exam and activity points, particulars to be announced during the first lecture.
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
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Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Basic ring and field theory. The 2-element field. Special properties of finite fields. | ||
| 2. | Existence and uniqueness of finite fields. | ||
| 3. | Polynomials over finite fields. Finite planes and other geometries over finite fields. |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Finite Fields for Computer Scientists and Engineers | R.J. McEliece | Kluwer Academic Publishers | English | |||
| Book | Fundamental Structures of Algebra & Discrete Mathematics | S. Foldes | Wiley | English |
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Correspondence of content
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Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Will not be lectured year 2010-2011