An introduction to cryptography
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0985.94001
publication date: 2001-08-20T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11Y05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14G50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81P68
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11Y11
zbMATH DE Number: 1634775
zbMATH Keywords: DES
zbMATH Keywords: AES
zbMATH Keywords: public-key cryptography
zbMATH Keywords: secret-key cryptography
zbMATH Keywords: discrete logarithm problem
zbMATH Keywords: primality testing
zbMATH Keywords: factoring
zbMATH Keywords: elliptic curve cryptography
zbMATH Keywords: quantum cryptography
author: Richard A. Mollin
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title: An introduction to cryptography
published in: CRC Press Series on Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
review text: In this very nice book (this is the third printing), the author introduces at an undergraduate level the following topics: Origins, computer arithmetic and complexity (chapter 1), symmetric-key cryptosystems (chapter 2), public-key cryptosystems (chapter 3), primality testing (chapter 4), factoring (chapter 5) and some advanced topics (chapter 6). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThis book pays a lot of attention to the history of this research field, what makes the reading very enjoyable. Lots of exercices are provided, as well as some solutions to them. Two appendices are given: The first one is devoted to the Rijndael S-box: Rijndael is the finalist of the AES competition and will (almost surely) become the standard in secret key cryptography. The second one recalls some fundamental facts in algebra, number theory, and elementary algebraic geometry.
reviewed by: Franck Leprévost
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1634775