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1/25 |
Welcome to Math 302!
1.2 Divisibility and Greatest Common Divisors
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1/27 |
1.3 Modular Arithmetic
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1.4 Prime Numbers, Unique Factorization, and Finite Fields
1.5 Powers and Primitive Roots in Finite Fields
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2/1 |
1.7 Symmetric and Asymmetric Ciphers
2.3 Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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2/3 |
2.4 The Elgamal Public Key Cryptosystem
2.5 An Overview of the Theory of Groups
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2.5 An Overview of the Theory of Groups
Cryptanalysis Challenge #1 due @ 3:00 pm
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2/8 |
2.6 How Hard is the Discrete Logarithm Problem?
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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2/10 |
2.6 How Hard is the Discrete Logarithm Problem?
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| 2/13 |
2.7 A Collision Algorithm for the DLP
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2/15 |
2.8 The Chinese Remainder Theorem
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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2/17 |
2.9 The Pohlig-Hellman Algorithm
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| 2/20 |
5.4 Collision Algorithms and Meet-in-the-Middle Attacks
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2/22 |
5.5 Pollard's ρ Method
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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2/24 |
5.5 Pollard's ρ Method
Cryptanalysis Challenge #2 due @ 5:00 pm
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| 2/27 |
5.5 Pollard's ρ Method
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3/1 |
3.2 The RSA Public Key Cryptosystem
Exam 1 @ 6:00 pm
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3/3 |
3.4 Primality Testing
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| 3/6 |
3.4 Primality Testing
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3/8 |
Finding Primes for the Digital Signature Algorithm
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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3/10 |
Student Presentation, Thursday, 3/9 @ 4:00 pm
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| 3/13 |
Spring Break
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3/15 |
Spring Break
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3/17 |
Spring Break
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| 3/20 |
6.1 Elliptic Curves
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3/22 |
6.2 Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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3/24 |
6.3 The Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem
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| 3/27 |
6.3 The Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem
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3/29 |
6.4 Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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3/31 |
6.5 The Evolution of Public Key Cryptography
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| 4/3 |
7.3 A Brief Review of Vector Spaces
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4/5 |
7.4 Lattices: Basic Definitions and Properties
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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4/7 |
7.4 Lattices: Basic Definitions and Properties
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| 4/10 |
7.5 Short Vectors in Lattices
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4/12 |
7.6 Babai's Algorithm
Problem Set due @ 3:00 pm
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4/14 |
Student Presentation, Thursday, 4/13 @ 4:00 pm
Kryptos Challenge opens on 4/13
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| 4/17 |
7.6 Babai's Algorithm
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4/19 |
7.8 The GGH Public Key Cryptosystem
Kryptos writeup due @ 3:00 pm
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4/21 |
2.10 Rings, Quotients, Polynomials, and Finite Fields
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| 4/24 |
7.9 Convolution Polynomial Rings
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4/26 |
7.10 The NTRU Public Key Cryptosystem
Exam 2 @ 6:00 pm
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4/28 |
7.10 The NTRU Public Key Cryptosystem
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| 5/1 |
7.11 NTRUEncrypt as a Lattice Cryptosystem
Student Presentation, Tuesday, 5/2 @ 3:30 pm
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5/3 |
7.13 Lattice Reduction Algorithms
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5/5 |
7.13 Lattice Reduction Algorithms
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Final Exam
Wednesday, May 10, 9:00 - 12:00 |
