MATH 413

Applied Algebra

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

A survey of the applications of algebraic structures in computer science, applied mathematics, and electrical engineering. Topics may include: cryptography, switching circuits, finite state machines, state diagrams, machine homomorphism, group and matrix codes, Polya-Burnside enumeration, Latin squares, primality testing.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 413, 433D.

Formerly: 433D

Prerequisites: 312 or 333A.

Undergraduate course in Mathematics offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science.