MATH521 FINITE FIELDS AND APPLICATIONS
| Course Code: | 2360521 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mathematics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
To give structure theory of finite fields and related mathematical tools needed in applications to chryptography and coding theory
Course Content
Introduction to finite fields. Traces, norms and bases, factoring polynomials over finite fields, construction of irreducible polynomials, normal bases, optimal normal bases.