Feb 5: LFSR: minimal polynomials and periods (cont);
decomposition. List of projects distributed.
Feb 7: LFSR: decomposition; irreducible case.
Feb 12: LFSR: reducible case.
Feb 14: Test #1: Chapters 3 and 4 of textbook.
Winter break. No lectures this week.
Feb 26: LFSR: matrix representation and traces
representation.
Feb 28: Decimation. Randomness criteria. [Minor project deadline]