Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 196 pages
- Published by: AK Peters, Ltd.
- Edition: 1st Edition November 1998
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1568810822
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1568810829
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 12 ounces
Product Description
Provides an introduction to the algorithmic aspects of number theory and its applications to cryptography. DLC: Number theory.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Portugese
Reader ReviewsThe book revolves around RSA. The motivation for the book is that the reader wants to understand public/private key cryptography, where this is represented by the seminal RSA algorithm. The author assumes little previous acquaintance with number theory on your part. He develops his arguments from this minimal background. So modular arithmetic is introduced, and thence such key ideas as groups, primality tests, Chinese Remainder Theorem and, finally, the RSA cryptosystem. Each chapter has a problem set of moderate difficulty. A maths undergraduate at the sophomore level or higher should be able to benefit from the book.