Janet Beissinger, Vera Pless

The Cryptoclub

Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers classic coding methods such as Caesar, substitution, Vigenà re, and multiplicative ciphers as well as the modern RSA.The accompanying workbook provides students with problems related to each section to help them master the concepts introduced throughout the book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 202mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781568812236
• ISBN-10: 156881223X
• Artikelnr.: 21834470

Autorenporträt

Janet Beissinger is a research assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago's Institute for Mathematics and Science Education. She helped develop the widely used Math Trailblazers curriculum for grades K-5. Vera Pless, also a professor at UIC, is the author of Introduction to Coding Theory and has published over 100 papers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Cryptography. Caesar Ciphers. Sending Messages with
Numbers. Breaking Caesar Ciphers. Substitution Ciphers. Keyword Ciphers.
Letter Frequencies. Breaking Substitution Ciphers. Vigenère Ciphers.
Combining Caesar Ciphers. Cracking Vigenère Ciphers When You Know the Key
Length. Factoring. Using Common Factors to Crack Vigenère Ciphers. Modular
(Clock) Arithmetic. Introduction to Modular Arithmetic. Applications of
Modular Arithmetic. Multiplicative and Affine Ciphers. Multiplicative
Ciphers. Using Inverses to Decrypt. Affine Ciphers. Math for Modern
Cryptography. Finding Prime Numbers. Raising to Powers. Public Key
Cryptography. The RSA Cryptosystem. Revisiting Inverses in Modular
Arithmetic. Sending RSA Messages.