Undergraduate Course: Algebraic Coding Theory (MATH10025)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Mathematics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Mathematics |
Other subject area |
Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.
Introduction to Coding Theory, Linear Codes, Perfect Codes, Cyclic Linear Codes, BCH Codes, Reed-Solomon Codes; mention of Burst Error-Correcting Codes for Compact Discs and DVDs, and of new methods from Algebraic Geometry. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Numbers & Rings (MATH10023)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 0 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 09:00 - 09:50, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB, room 6206 |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Familiarity with the fundamentals of error-correcting coding
2. Familiarity with the important types of codes, such as Hamming, Golay, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes
3. An appreciation of the way some of these codes are decoded
4. An appreciation of the way error-correcting codes are applied in the transmission and storage of data
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Assessment Information
Examination only.
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| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Liam O'Carroll
Tel: (0131 6)50 5070
Email: L.O'Carroll@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 6427
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk |
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