Elementary Number Theory, Cryptography and Codes

• Main Authors: Baldoni, Maria Welleda (Author), Ciliberto, Ciro (Author), Cattaneo, Giulia Maria Piacentini (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Universitext
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Data structures (Computer science).; Algebra.; Geometry.; Number theory.; Combinatorics.; Number Theory.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.

In this volume one finds basic techniques from algebra and number theory (e.g. congruences, unique factorization domains, finite fields, quadratic residues, primality tests, continued fractions, etc.) which in recent years have proven to be extremely useful for applications to cryptography and codin...