Coding Theory and Cryptography From Enigma and Geheimschreiber to Quantum Theory

These are the proceedings of the Conference on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory held at the U. S. Naval Academy during October 25-26, 1998. This book concerns elementary and advanced aspects of coding theory and cryptography. The coding theory contributions deal mostly with algebraic c...

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Other Authors: Joyner, David (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Reminiscences and Reflections of a Codebreaker
  • FISH and I
  • Sturgeon, The FISH BP Never Really Caught
  • ENIGMA and PURPLE: How the Allies Broke German and Japanese Codes During the War
  • The Geheimschreiber Secret
  • The RSA Public Key Cryptosystem
  • Number Theory and Cryptography (using Maple)
  • A Talk on Quantum Cryptography or How Alice Outwits Eve
  • The Rigidity Theorems of Hamada and Ohmori, Revisited
  • Counting Prime Divisors on Elliptic Curves and Multiplication in Finite Fields
  • On Cyclic MDS-Codes
  • Computing Roots of Polynomials over Function Fields of Curves
  • Remarks on codes from modular curves: MAPLE applications