Department of Mathematics and Philosophy
J. Thomas Blackford, Professor
Specializing in Algebra and Geometry
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University (1999)
B.A., The College of Wooster (1991)
Contact Information
Office: Morgan Hall 463A
Phone:
(309) 298-2358
Email:
JT-Blackford@wiu.edu
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, no.7, 2350-2358.
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