1) The document discusses state equations that can model digital control systems based on modulo-2 arithmetic and their application to recursive convolutional coding.
2) Key concepts covered include cyclic groups, rings, state equations derived from transfer functions expressed in z-transform, and direct hardware realizations of state equations.
3) An example of a recursive convolutional encoder is described based on a set of recursive signal equations, and its corresponding algebraic state equations in modulo-2 arithmetic are provided.