Math 134, Cryptography, Spring 2007

The finals can be picked up either in my office or from a box on a shelf next to the mail boxes in 354. Have a good summer break!

• Classes: T,Th 12-1:45, Building E2, Room 194.
• Instructor: Robert Boltje;
  Office: Baskin Engineering 365 C;
  Tel.: 459-5001;
  Email: boltje@ucsc.edu;
  Office hours: T 2-3:15, Th 10:30-11:45, or by appointment.
• Teaching Assistant: Ted Nitz
  Office: Baskin Engineering 354
  Email: fnitz@math.ucsc.edu
  Office hours: W 10:30-12, Th 2-3:30.
• Sections: M 3-4:10, W 9-10:10, Baskin Engineering 273.
• Exams: Midterm: Thursday, May 10. Final: Monday, June 11, 8-11am.
• Passing requirements: 50% of maximal score combined from homework (20%), midterm (30%) and final (50%).
• Textbooks: Neal Koblitz: A course in number theory and cryptography.
• Syllabus
• Homework: Some homework problems will consist of writing programs in a computer algebra language, as for example "Mathematica". There is a variety of computer labs on campus (see http://ic.ucsc.edu/labs/). All machines should have "Mathematica". But you are free to use any other software that allows basic algebraic manipulations. You can achieve 100% of the homework score if you complete all not program related problems, but it should be fun to do them.
• Homework Problems