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MATH 515 Finite Fields and Applications II | 3 Credits | ||||||
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Normal bases, arithmetic in normal bases representation, the complexity of normal basis. Dual bases, self-dual bases, existence of self-dual normal bases, Characters and Gaussian sums, primitive elements with prescribed trace. The discrete logarithm problem. Elliptic curves over finite fields. | |||||||
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | |||||||
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