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Not offered in the current semester · Last offered AY2014/2015 Semester 2
ModsMTH426

Coding Theory

Last offered — AY2014/2015 Semester 2

This course is to introduce basic notions in the theory of error-correcting codes which is used in data storage and telecommunication. * Error detection, correction and decoding, Hamming distance * Basic facts on finite fields * Linear codes, Hamming weight, generator and parity-check matrices, encoding, decoding. * Bounds, Hamming codes, Golay codes, perfect codes, MDS codes * Construction of codes, Reed-Muller codes. * Cyclic codes, generator polynomials, BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes * Computer implementation of efficient coding and decoding.

AUs4.0 AUs
Grade Type
PrerequisiteMH1301, MH2200, MTH116, MTH212
Not Available To ProgrammeMAEC(2011-onwards), MATH(2011-onwards)
Not Available To All Programme With
Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme
Not Available As Core To Programme
Not Available As PE To Programme
Mutually Exclusive WithMAS432, MH4310
Not Offered As BDEYes
Not Offered As Unrestricted Elective
Exam

Total hours per week: 4 hrs