| Algebra for Cryptologists 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Meijer, Alko R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319303953 ISBN-13: 9783319303956 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Security - Cryptography - Computers | Information Theory - Mathematics | Algebra - General |
| Dewey: 004.015 |
| Series: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 10" (1.69 lbs) 301 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This textbook provides an introduction to the mathematics on which modern cryptology is based. It covers not only public key cryptography, the glamorous component of modern cryptology, but also pays considerable attention to secret key cryptography, its workhorse in practice. Modern cryptology has been described as the science of the integrity of information, covering all aspects like confidentiality, authenticity and non-repudiation and also including the protocols required for achieving these aims. In both theory and practice it requires notions and constructions from three major disciplines: computer science, electronic engineering and mathematics. Within mathematics, group theory, the theory of finite fields, and elementary number theory as well as some topics not normally covered in courses in algebra, such as the theory of Boolean functions and Shannon theory, are involved. Although essentially self-contained, a degree of mathematical maturity on the part of the reader is assumed, corresponding to his or her background in computer science or engineering. Algebra for Cryptologists is a textbook for an introductory course in cryptography or an upper undergraduate course in algebra, or for self-study in preparation for postgraduate study in cryptology. |