Math 342: Algebra, Coding Theory and Cryptography

General Information

• Office: MATH 229B, 604-827-3031
• Email: "lior" (at) Math.UBC.CA (please include the course number in the subject line, if applicable)
• Office Hours: By appointment and after class.

• Classes: MWF, 11am-12pm, Chemistry Building Room 124 – NOTE THE NEW LOCATION!
  
  
• Office Hours Cancelled 17/3, 20/3. Patrick Brosnan will teach the classes on 18/3, 20/3.
  
  
• Textbook:
  Lindsay N. Childs, A Concrete Introduction to Modern Algebra, 2nd edition. Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN: 0-387-98999-4 (softcover), 0-387-94484-2 (hardcover)
  
  
  
• Syllabus (PDF)
• (Rough) lecture notes (PDF)
• SLATE site.
• Midterm:
  • Pre-Midterm Information (HTML), (also in PDF)
  • The Exam, as well as solutions, were posted to the SLATE website
• Final:
  • Pre-Final Information (PDF)

Problem Sets

Solutions at the SLATE site.

1. Problem Set 1, due 14/1/09
2. Problem Set 2, due 19/1/09
3. Problem Set 3, due 26/1/09
4. Problem Set 4, due 02/2/09 (typo corrected 26/1/09, another typo corrected 2/2/09)
5. Problem Set 5, due 09/2/09
6. Problem Set 6, due 25/2/09 (RSA Paper at the SLATE site)
7. Problem Set 7, due 4/3/09
8. Problem Set 8, due 11/3/09
9. Problem Set 9, due 20/3/09
10. Problem Set 10, due 27/3/09
11. Problem Set 11, due 3/4/09
12. Problem Set 12, due 8/4/09

Additional Reading

• [RSA] Rivest, Shamir and Adelman, A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems, Comm. ACM 21 no. 2 (1978), 120–126.)

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