Math 3CY3 lecture schedule

Lecture schedule for Math 3CY3
Here is a rough outline of the material we intend to cover.

Week 1, Sept. 5 - 6, Some history and classic cryptosystems, Chapter 2

Lecture 1 read Chapter 1
Lecture 2 read Chapter 2, sections 2.1 - 2.3

Week 2, Sept. 10 - 13, Classic cryptosystems cont'd, Chapter 2

Lecture 3 Section 2.3, 2.7
Lecture 4 (this might also be the slides for tomorrow)

Week 3, Sept. 17 - 20, Basic number theory, Chapter 3

Lecture 6, section 6.1
Lecture 7, section 3.1
Lecture 8, section 3.2 - 3.4

Week 4, Sept. 24 - 27, number theory cont'd, Chapter 3

Lecture 9, section 3.4, 3.6
Lecture 10, section 3.5
Lecture 11, section 6.1

Week 5, Oct. 1 - 4, the RSA algorithm, Chapter 6, first test, in-class, Oct. 4

Lecture 12, section 3.61, 6.3
Lecture 13, section 6.2, 6.3

Week 6, Oct. 15 - Oct. 18, RSA cont'd, Chapter 6

Lecture 14, section 6.4
Lecture 15, section 6.4 (probably most of the slides for Thursday as well)
Lecture 16, section 6.4 and 3.11

Week 7, Oct. 22 - Oct. 25; Finite fields, Section 3.11 plus supplement

Week 8, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1; Finite fields and discrete logarithms, Chapter 7; second test, in-class, Nov. 1

Week 9, Nov. 5 - Nov. 8, Discrete logarithms, cont'd, Chapter 7

Lecture 22 section 7.1
Lecture 23 section 7.4, 7.5
Lecture 24 section 7.2

Week 10, Nov. 12 - Nov. 15, Elliptic curves, Chapter 16

Lecture 25 section 7.2
Lecture 26 section 16.1
Lecture 27

Week 11, Nov. 19 - Nov. 22, Elliptic curve cryptosystems, Chapter 16

Lecture 28 section 16.2
Lecture 29 section 16.5
Lecture 30 section 16.3 (just the factoring)

Week 12, Nov. 26 - Nov. 28, third test, in-class, Nov. 28; class is cancelled Nov. 29
Week 13, Dec. 3 - 5, Digital cash, chapter 11

Lecture 31