Cryptography – Mathematics 1580 (CRN:13188)
Brown University – Fall, 2007
Professor Joe Silverman
Final Exam Study Material:
Click here for a
Course Summary that you can use to help you study for the final exam.
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An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography, J. Hoffstein, J. Pipher, J.H. Silverman The book will be distributed electronically at no cost to students. |
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| Office | Mathematics Department, Kassar House, Room 202 |
| Phone | 863-1124 |
| jhs@math.brown.edu | |
| Web Site | www.math.brown.edu/~jhs/MA0158/MA0158HomePage.html |
| Office Hours |
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:45 am and Friday 1:15 - 2:00 pm and by appointment.
(Or just drop by. I tend to be in on
MWF and not on TTh.)
Regular office hours end on Monday, December 10. Exam Week Office Hours: During exam period I will have office hours on Friday, December 14, 11:00-11:45am and 3:00-4:00pm. Final Exam Review Session: I will run a review session for the final exam on Wednesday, December 19, 12:30-2:00pm. It will be held in the Math Dept (Kassar House), Room 105. |
| Course Time | MWF 10:00 - 10:50 AM (C hour) |
| Course Location | Barus-Holley 160 |
| Problem Session | Sunday 7:00 - 9:00 PM, lobby of the CIT, run by teaching assistant/grader Sarah Meiklejohn |
| Problem Sets |
Note:
The problem sets are challenging. Don't leave them until
the last minute! We will be moving rapidly. In order to learn the
material, it is very important to
DO THE HOMEWORK WHEN IT IS ASSIGNED.
Late homework will NOT be accepted. There are NO exceptions to this rule. |
| Homework on the Web |
The homework assignments include reading assignments, due the next
class, and written assignments, generally due each Monday.
There may also be a few assignments available as HTML and/or downloadable
PDF files.
Click here to go to the Math 1580 Web Homework Page. |
| Math 1580 Web Calculator |
There are various computer packages (e.g. Mathematica, Maple, MatLab)
available at Brown that can be used for
numerical computatations. There
are also free packages available online (e.g.
PARI)
and sites that allow you to do short
computations using free and/or proprietary packages, such as
Magma,
SAGE,
and
KASH.
For those who do not want to use these packages, I have
written a primitive web-based calculator that performs
basic number theoretic calculations such as gcd, extended Euclidean
algorithm, and the fast powering algorithm. You are welcome to
use this tool for all assignments starting with Chapter 2.
It is available on the
NOTE: Please do not come to me for help installing or using all of the packages listed above. The only one that I really know how to use is PARI. However, if you have installed PARI, then I am can answer questions about the specific functions that PARI has available. And I can answer questions about the Math 1580 Web Calculator Page. |
Dates to Remember: There will be two in-class hour exams and a final exam.
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Hour Exam #1 |
Weds, October 3 |
In class — Solutions |
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Hour Exam #2 |
Weds, November 7 |
In class — Solutions |
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Final Exam |
Thursday, December 20 |
2:00pm-5:00pm |
Grading: The course grade will be determined on the following basis:
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Problem Sets |
20% |
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Hour Exams (22.5% each) |
45% |
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Final Exam |
35% |
Syllabus: Click here for a detailed syllabus.