Summer 2016 - MATH 496 D100
Selected Topics in Mathematics (3)
Comb Structures Digital Com
Class Number: 3977
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 9 – Aug 8, 2016: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Jonathan Jedwab
jed@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
Will be specified according to the particular topic or topics offered under this course number.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The topics included in these courses will vary from term to term depending on faculty availability and student interest.
COURSE DETAILS:
We will study classes of designs, codes, sequences and matrices that are important in combinatorics and which have applications in digital communications. Specific topics might include Reed-Muller codes, Hadamard matrices, orthogonal Latin squares, difference sets, mutually unbiased bases, and equiangular lines. Where possible, I will draw on personal knowledge of current research directions and selected applications.
Prerequisites:
MATH 340 or 332, and MACM 201 with a grade of at least B-.
Grading
- Assignments 60%
- Class presentation 15%
- Project 25%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
A Course in Combinatorics,
Second Edition, 2001,
J.H. van Lint and R.M. Wilson,
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521006019
Registrar Notes:
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