书目

Algebra for Cryptologists

内容简介

Thistextbookprovidesanintroductiontothemathematicsonwhichmoderncryptologyisbased.Itcoversnotonlypublickeycryptography,theglamorouscomponentofmoderncryptology,butalsopaysconsiderableattentiontosecretkeycryptography,itsworkhorseinpractice.Moderncryptologyhasbeendescribedasthescienceoftheintegrityofinformation,coveringallaspectslikeconfidentiality,authenticityandnon-repudiationandalsoincludingtheprotocolsrequiredforachievingtheseaims.Inboththeoryandpracticeitrequiresnotionsandconstructionsfromthreemajordisciplines:computerscience,electronicengineeringandmathematics.Withinmathematics,grouptheory,thetheoryoffinitefields,andelementarynumbertheoryaswellassometopicsnotnormallycoveredincoursesinalgebra,suchasthetheoryofBooleanfunctionsandShannontheoryareinvolved.Althoughessentiallyself-contained,adegreeofmathematicalmaturityonthepartofthereaderisassumed,correspondingtohisorherbackgroundincomputerscienceorengineering.AlgebraforCryptologistsisatextbookforanintroductorycourseincryptographyoranupperundergraduatecourseinalgebra,orforself-studyinpreparationforpostgraduatestudyincryptology.

丛书

Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology

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