Secrets, Symbols, and Systems: Parallels between Cryptanalysis and Algebra, 1580-1700

DOI10.1086/383851zbMath0906.01004OpenAlexW2018081825MaRDI QIDQ4389750

Peter Pesic

Publication date: 10 August 1998

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/383851

zbMATH Keywords

cryptanalysisalgebraGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646--1716)codebreakingFrançois Viète (1540--1603)John Wallis (1616--1703)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of information and communication theory (94-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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