Mar 29, 2024  
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MATH 268 - Protecting Information: Applications of Abstract Algebra


1 unit(s)
In today’s information age, it is vital to secure messages against eavesdropping or corruption by noise. Our study begins by surveying some historical techniques and proceeds to examining some of the most important codes currently being used to protect information. These include various public key cryptographic schemes (RSA and its variants) that are used to safeguard sensitive internet communications, as well as linear codes, mathematically elegant and computationally practical means of correcting transmissions errors. The Department.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 126  and MATH 127 , or permission of the department.

Not offered in 2020/21.

Course Format: CLS



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