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Informationen zum Autor Alexander Stanoyevitch is a professor at California State University–Dominguez Hills. He completed his doctorate in mathematical analysis at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has held academic positions at the University of Hawaii and the University of Guam. Dr. Stanoyevitch has taught many upper-level classes to mathematics and computer science students, has published several articles in leading mathematical journals, and has been an invited speaker at numerous lectures and conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His research interests include areas of both pure and applied mathematics. Klappentext Intended for sophomore-level introductory courses in both mathematics and computer science, this text focuses on the central topics of cryptography and provides background material where necessary, including coverage of number theory. Zusammenfassung An introduction that provides a focused tour of the central concepts of cryptography. It delineates cryptographic concepts in chronological order, developing the mathematics as needed. It includes many examples and exercises, along with computer implementation sections that guide readers through the process of writing their own programs. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Overview of the Subject. Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic. The Evolution of Codemaking until the Computer Era. Matrices and the Hill Cryptosystem. The Evolution of Codebreaking until the Computer Era. Representation and Arithmetic of Integers in Different Bases. Block Cryptosystems and the Data Encryption Standard (DES). Some Number Theory and Algorithms. Public Key Cryptography. Finite Fields in General and GF (28) in Particular. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Protocol. Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Appendices. References.
