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The Mathematics of Encryption: An Elementary Introduction
About this Title
Margaret Cozzens, DIMACS, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and Steven J. Miller, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Publication: Mathematical World
Publication Year:
2013; Volume 29
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-8321-1 (print); 978-1-4704-1594-5 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/mawrld/029
MathSciNet review: MR3098499
MSC: Primary 94A60
Table of Contents
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Front/Back Matter
Chapters
- 1. Historical introduction
- 2. Classical cryptology: Methods
- 3. Enigma and Ultra
- 4. Classical cryptography: Attacks I
- 5. Classical cryptography: Attacks II
- 6. Modern symmetric encryption
- 7. Introduction to public-channel cryptography
- 8. Public-channel cryptography
- 9. Error detecting and correcting codes
- 10. Modern cryptography
- 11. Primality testing and factorization
- 12. Solutions to selected exercises