MA 340 - APPLICABLE ALGEBRA

College of Arts & Sciences

Credit(s): 3

Topics include: Euclid’s algorithm, unique factorization moduli arithmetic, Fermat’s and Euler’s theorems, Chinese remainder theorem, RSA public key encryption, Pollard rho factoring, pseudo primes, error correcting codes, Hamming codes, polynomial rings and quotient rings, field extensions, finite fields and BCH codes.

Prereq: MA 322 OR MA 213.
Crosslisted with: CS 340