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Coding theory and cryptography : from enigma and Geheimschreiber to quantum theory / edited by David Joyner.

Contributor(s): Joyner, David, 1959-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin : Springer, c2000Description: vi, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + pbk.ISBN: 3540663363.Subject(s): Coding theory | CryptographyDDC classification: 003.54
Contents:
Reminiscences and Reflections of a Codebreaker / Peter Hilton -- FISH and I / W. T. Tutte -- Sturgeon, The FISH BP Never Really Caught / Frode Weierud -- ENIGMA and PURPLE: How the Allies broke German and Japanese Codes during the War / David A. Hatch -- The Geheimschreiber Secret / Lars Ulfuing, Frode Weierud -- The RSA Public Key Crytosystem / William P. Wardlaw -- Number theory and Cryptography (using Maple) / John Cosgrave -- A talk on Quantum Cryptography or How Alice Outwits Eve / Samuel J. Lomonaco, Jr. -- The rigidity theorems of Hamada and Ohmori, Revisited / T. S. Michael -- Counting Prime Divisors on Elliptic Curves and Multiplication in Finite Fields / M. Amin Shokrollahi -- On Cyclic MDS-Codes / M. Amin Shokrollahi -- Computing roots of polynomials over function fields of curves / Shuhong Gao, M. Amin Shokrallahi -- Remarks on codes from modular curves: MAPLE applications / David Joyner and Salahoddin Shokranian.
Holdings
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 003.54 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00085670
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book contains surveys on the current state and the historical background of cryptography. It will be useful to mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers, as well as historians with an interest in cryptography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reminiscences and Reflections of a Codebreaker / Peter Hilton -- FISH and I / W. T. Tutte -- Sturgeon, The FISH BP Never Really Caught / Frode Weierud -- ENIGMA and PURPLE: How the Allies broke German and Japanese Codes during the War / David A. Hatch -- The Geheimschreiber Secret / Lars Ulfuing, Frode Weierud -- The RSA Public Key Crytosystem / William P. Wardlaw -- Number theory and Cryptography (using Maple) / John Cosgrave -- A talk on Quantum Cryptography or How Alice Outwits Eve / Samuel J. Lomonaco, Jr. -- The rigidity theorems of Hamada and Ohmori, Revisited / T. S. Michael -- Counting Prime Divisors on Elliptic Curves and Multiplication in Finite Fields / M. Amin Shokrollahi -- On Cyclic MDS-Codes / M. Amin Shokrollahi -- Computing roots of polynomials over function fields of curves / Shuhong Gao, M. Amin Shokrallahi -- Remarks on codes from modular curves: MAPLE applications / David Joyner and Salahoddin Shokranian.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Reminiscences and Reflections of a Codebreaker (p. 1)
  • FISH and I (p. 9)
  • Sturgeon, The FISH BP Never Really Caught (p. 18)
  • ENIGMA and PURPLE: How the Allies Broke German and Japanese Codes During the War (p. 53)
  • The Geheimschreiber Secret (p. 62)
  • The RSA Public Key Cryptosystem (p. 101)
  • Number Theory and Cryptography (using Maple) (p. 124)
  • A Talk on Quantum Cryptography or How Alice Outwits Eve (p. 144)
  • The Rigidity Theorems of Hamada and Ohmori, Revisited (p. 175)
  • Counting Prime Divisors on Elliptic Curves and Multiplication in Finite Fields (p. 180)
  • On Cyclic MDS-Codes (p. 202)
  • Computing Roots of Polynomials over Function Fields of Curves (p. 214)
  • Remarks on codes from modular curves: MAPLE applications (p. 229)
  • Index (p. 251)