Coding Theory and Cryptography
Subtitle: From Enigma and Geheimschreiber to Quantum Theory
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9783540663362
Subjects: Coding theory & cryptology; Combinatorics & graph theory; Number theory; Security - General; Cryptography/Access Control; Computers; Computers - General Information; Security; Science/Mathematics; Information Theory; Applied; Mathematics / Combinatorics; Programming - Systems Analysis & Design; Coding Theory; Congresses; Cryptography
First sentence: Many books have now been published about the work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers during World War II.
Description: These are the proceedings of the Conference on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory held at the U. S. Naval Academy during October 25-26, 1998. This book concerns elementary and advanced aspects of coding theory and cryptography. The coding theory contributions deal mostly with algebraic coding theory. Some of these papers are expository, whereas others are the result of original research. The emphasis is on geometric Goppa codes (Shokrollahi, Shokranian-Joyner), but there is also a paper on codes arising from combinatorial constructions (Michael). There are both, historical and mathematical papers on cryptography. Several of the contributions on cryptography describe the work done by the British and their allies during World War II to crack the German and Japanese ciphers (Hamer, Hilton, Tutte, Weierud, Urling). Some mathematical aspects of the Enigma rotor machine (Sherman) and more recent research on quantum cryptography (Lomonoco) are described. There are two papers concerned with the RSA cryptosystem and related number-theoretic issues (Wardlaw, Cosgrave).