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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 99337
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Undergraduate

A Double-Error Correcting Code (UMAP)

Author: Gary J. Sherman


A unit that involves linear algebra and a double-error correcting code. The purpose of this module is to: 1) show students a brief non-technical introduction to applied algebra; and 2) provide motivation for students to learn abstract algebra.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE PROBLEM

3. CODEWORDS AS VECTORS

4. A SINGLE-ERROR CORRECTING CODE

5. A DOUBLE-ERROR CORRECTING CODE

6. PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

7. MODEL EXAM

9. MODEL EXAM SOLUTIONS

©1979 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
28 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Abstract & Linear Algebra

Application Areas:

Computers & Technology , Information theory

Prerequisites:

Matrix notation, arithmetic of vectors; multiplication/division of polynomials

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