COURSE INFORMATION: Instructor Sam Evens sevens at nd dot edu
Text: Simon Singh, "The Code Book", Anchor
Mainly we use the lecture notes listed below (Units 1 to 19) as the text.
Class Time: MWF 3:30-4:45 in DBRT 116
Office Hours: After class Monday, Tu 12-1, or by appointment. My preference is to do office hours by zoom.
Quizzes: most Wednesdays
Quiz 1: Wednesday September 1
Midterm tentatively scheduled for Wednesday October 6
Office Hours: M after class
Tu 12-1, or by zoom at a mutually convenient time
Practice exam for Oct 6 midterm
Table of first 1000 prime numbers
Modular arithmetic calculator, can be used for all work due in December
RSA factoring challenge information
Unit 6, covered in class on 8-23
Unit 7, covered in class on 8-23 and 8-25
Unit 9, covered in early September
Unit 10, cover near end of September
Unit 12, cover 10-11 and 10-25
Unit 13, cover 10-25 and 10-27
Unit 18, weeks of 11-22 and 11-29
Group 1, covered in class 8-23, due 9-1
1st writing assignment, math autobiography, due by 9-1
Group 2, in-class 8-25, due 9-1
Group 3, in-class 8-30, due 9-8
Group 4, in-class 9-1, due 9-8
Group 5, in-class 9-6, due 9-15
Group 6, in-class 9-8, due 9-15
2nd writing assignment, due Monday 9-20
Group 7, in-class 9-13, due 9-22
Group 8, in-class 9-15, due 9-22
Group 9, in-class 9-20, due 9-29
Group 10, in-class 9-22, due 9-29
Group 11, in-class 9-27, due 10-6
Group 12, in-class 9-29, due 10-6
3rd writing assignment, due Monday 10-11
Group 13, in-class 10-4, due 10-13
Group 14, in-class 10-11, due 10-27
Group 15, in-class 10-25, due 11-1
Group 16, in-class 10-27, due 11-1
4th writing assignment, due Friday 11-19
Group 17, in-class 11-1, due 11-10
Group 18, in-class 11-3, due 11-10
Group 19, in-class 11--8, due 11-17
Groiup 20, in-class 11-10, due 11-17
Group 21, in-class 11-15, due 11-22
Group 22, in-class 11-17, due 11-22
Final Writing Assignment, due Tuesday, December 7
Group 23, in-class 11-22, due 12-1
Group 24, in-class 11-29, due 12-6
Group 25, in-class 12-1, due 12-6
Group 26, in-class 12-6, not due