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 |
https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Numbers & Rings (MATH10023)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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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
See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes', above.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | ACT |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Agata Smoktunowicz
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Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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