Screen LibraryCodes：an introduction to information communication and cryptography
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| Published: |
Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Springer undergraduate mathematics series |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 273 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781848002722 (pbk.) 1848002726 (pbk.) 9781848002739 1848002734 |
| Index Number: | TN918 |
| CLC: |
TN918 TN918.1 |
| Call Number: | TN918/B592 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Coding and its uses -- Prefix-free codes -- Economical coding -- Data compression -- Noisy channels -- The problem of reliable communication -- The noisy coding theorems -- Linear codes -- Algebraic coding theory -- Coding natural languages -- The development of cryptography -- Cryptography in theory and practice -- The RSA cryptosystem -- Cryptography and calculation -- Elliptic curve cryptography. "This book is an integrated introduction to the mathematics of coding, that is, replacing information expressed in symbols, such as a natural language or a sequence of bits, by another message using (possibly) different symbols. There are three main reasons for doing this: economy, reliability, and security, and each is covered in detail. Only a modest mathematical background is assumed, the mathematical theory being introduced at a level that enables the basic problems to be stated carefully, but without unnecessary abstraction."--BOOK JACKET. |