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Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach

By Abraham Sinkov

Book information

Publisher
The Mathematical Association of America
Year
1998
ISBN
0883856220, 9780883856222
LCC
Z104 .S47 1980
Open Library ID
OL18337802M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2195058 bytes)
Series
Mathematical Association of America Textbooks
Edition
Sixth Printing
Pages
231\231
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

Most people acquainted with cryptology, either through sensational cloak-and-dagger stories or through newspaper cryptograms, are not aware that many aspects of this art may be treated systematically, by means of some fundamental mathematical concepts and methods. In this book, Sinkov gives us the mathematical side of elementary cryptography, the single and multiple replacement functions, transpositions, and the like used to encode messages, and how to crack such ciphers. He also shows how the code breaker uses statistical and other regularities of language to deduce the coding and decoding functions. Also included are BASIC programs developed by Paul L. Irwin for use in his course based on this book.

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