It's the essence of coding theory, not necessarily what's essential for all CS students to know.
One of the authors is at my university and teaches from this book. It's a math heavy upper-undergrad elective course. A couple percent of our students take it, usually in their final year of a 4 year computer science program.
The couple students I know who've taken it did enjoy it. They were also people who liked proof based mathematics in general.
One of the authors is at my university and teaches from this book. It's a math heavy upper-undergrad elective course. A couple percent of our students take it, usually in their final year of a 4 year computer science program.
The couple students I know who've taken it did enjoy it. They were also people who liked proof based mathematics in general.