Department of Mathematics and Philosophy
J. Thomas Blackford
Department of Mathematics and Philosophy
Professor
Education:
Ph.D., Ohio State University (1999)
B.A., The College of Wooster (1991)
Contact Information:
(309) 298-2358
463A Morgan Hall
jt-blackford@wiu.edu
Fall 2019 Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 2:00 pm-2:50 pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00 am-10:50 am
Or by appointment
Courses Taught:
Math 128: College Algebra
Math 129: Trigonometry
Math 133: Calculus I
Math 134: Calculus II
Math 231: Multivariate Calculus
Math 311: Linear Algebra
Math 355: Combinatorics
Math 407: Number Theory for Teachers
Math 421: Abstract Algebra
Math 424: Advanced Linear Algebra
Math 521: Abstract Algebra II
Math 554: Algebraic Coding Theory
Math 699: Algebraic Coding Theory
Stat 171: Introduction to Statistics
Stat 276: General Statistics
Research Interests:
- Algebraic Coding Theory
- Cryptography
- Abstract Algebra
- Combinatorics and Probability
- Writing Mathematical Fiction
Selected Publications:
- Blackford, T. (2017). The Galois variance of constacyclic codes. To appear in Finite Fields and Applications.
- Blackford, T. (2013). Isodual constacyclic codes. Finite Fields and Applications, Vol 24, pp. 29-44.
- Blackford, T. (2008). Negacyclic duadic codes. Finite Fields and Applications, Vol. 14, pp. 930-943. (Math Colloquium presentation February 10, 2005, entitled "Cyclic and Negacyclic Duadic Codes.")
- Blackford, T. (2003). Cyclic codes over ℤ4 of oddly even length. Discrete Applied Mathematics 128, no. 1, 27-46. International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (WCC 2001) (Paris).
- Blackford, T. (2003). Negacyclic codes over ℤ4 of even length. IEEE Transactions on Informal Theory, 49, no. 6, 1417-1424.
- Ling, S. & Blackford, T. (2002). ℤρκ+1-linear codes. IEEE Transactions on Informal Theory, 48, no.9, 2592-2605.
- Blackford, T. & Ray-Chaudhuri, D. (2000). A transform approach to permutation groups of cyclic codes over Galois rings. IEEE Transactions on Informal Theory, 46,
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