Random Curves Journeys of a Mathematician /

• Main Author: Koblitz, Neal (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; History.; Number theory.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Number Theory.; Data Encryption.

These autobiographical memoirs of Neal Koblitz, coinventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, cover many topics besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography - travels to the Soviet Union, Latin America, Vietnam and elsewhere, political activi...