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MAD 6617 Algebraic Coding Theory

Credit Hours: 3

Linear block codes over an arbitrary finite field: Hamming, Golay, BCH, quadratic residue, Reed-Muller, and MDS codes, the MacWilliams identity, bounds on minimum distance, and relationship to design theory.

Prerequisite(s): MAS 5311 
Corequisite(s): None
Co-Prerequisite(s): None

USF College of Arts and Sciences | Department of Mathematics and Statistics


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