The Mathematics of Secrets : : Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption /

The Mathematics of Secrets : : Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption / / Joshua Holden.

The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography—the science of sending secret messages. Using a wide range of historical anecdotes and real-world examples, Joshua Holden shows how mathematical principles underpin the ways that different codes and...

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Holden, Joshua,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2019
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction to Ciphers and Substitution
  • 2. Polyalphabetic Substitution Ciphers
  • 3. Transposition Ciphers
  • 4. Ciphers and Computers
  • 5. Stream Ciphers
  • 6. Ciphers Involving Exponentiation
  • 7. Public-Key Ciphers
  • 8. Other Public-Key Systems
  • 9. The Future of Cryptography
  • LIST OF SYMBOLS
  • NOTES
  • SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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