Invitation to Cryptology

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Prentice Hall, 2002 - Business & Economics - 396 pages

For a one-semester undergraduate-level course in Cryptology, Mathematics, or Computer Science.

Designed for either the intelligent freshman (good at math) or for a low-level junior year first course, Cryptology introduces a wide range of up-to-date cryptological concepts along with the mathematical ideas that are behind them. The new and old are organized around a historical framework. A variety of mathematical topics that are germane to cryptology (e.g., modular arithmetic, Boolean functions, complexity theory, etc.) are developed, but they do not overshadow the main focus of the text. Unlike other texts in this field, Cryptology brings students directly to concepts of classical substitutions and transpositions and issues in modern cryptographic methods.

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Contents

Origins Examples and Ideas in Cryptology
1
PublicKey Cryptography
4
Symmetric ComputerBased Cryptology
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Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

affine cipher algorithm Alice Alice's applied ASCII assumed keyword length b₁ binary representation bits block cipher Bob's Caesar cipher calculate cipher alphabet ciphertext ciphertext letters cleartext column columnar transposition congruences coset cryptanalysis cryptography cryptology cryptosystem decipher the message decipherment decryption determine digital signature enciphered encryption English Example Exercise exponent factors Figure formula given hash function hash value Hill cipher index of coincidence instance intercepted k₁ key letter keyword letter letter frequencies mathematical matrix modular arithmetic modulo modulo 26 monoalphabetic substitution multiplicative inverse number of letters numerical equivalents obtain pair of letters permutation plaintext plaintext letter polyalphabetic positive integer prime numbers probability produce protocol public-key public-key cryptography random range relatively prime represent result scrawl selected sender sends sequence shift cipher shift register Solution solve string superincreasing Suppose Table theorem Vigenère square words write

Bibliographic information

TitleInvitation to Cryptology
AuthorThomas H. Barr
Editionillustrated
PublisherPrentice Hall, 2002
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 24, 2009
ISBN0130889768, 9780130889768
Length396 pages
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