The mathematics of ciphers: number theory and RSA cryptography

S.C. Coutinho1568810822, 9781568810829

A revised and updated translation of a work originally published in Portuguese in 1997. It introduces the algorithmic aspects of number theory and its applications to the study of codes, and of code-breaking. The work ends with study of the Rivest, Shamir, and Aldeman (RSA) public key cryptosystem,