Mathematics of Public Key Cryptography (Hardcover)

Steven D. Galbraith

ISBN 10: 1107013925 / ISBN 13: 9781107013926

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012

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Hardcover. Public key cryptography is a major interdisciplinary subject with many real-world applications, such as digital signatures. A strong background in the mathematics underlying public key cryptography is essential for a deep understanding of the subject, and this book provides exactly that for students and researchers in mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering. Carefully written to communicate the major ideas and techniques of public key cryptography to a wide readership, this text is enlivened throughout with historical remarks and insightful perspectives on the development of the subject. Numerous examples, proofs and exercises make it suitable as a textbook for an advanced course, as well as for self-study. For more experienced researchers it serves as a convenient reference for many important topics: the Pollard algorithms, Maurer reduction, isogenies, algebraic tori, hyperelliptic curves and many more. Public key cryptography is a major interdisciplinary subject with many real-world applications. This book has been carefully written to communicate the major ideas and techniques in this subject to a wide readership. With numerous examples and exercises, it is suitable as a textbook for an advanced course or for self-study. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematics of Public Key Cryptography (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107013925
• ISBN 13: 9781107013926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This advanced graduate textbook gives an authoritative and insightful description of the major ideas and techniques of public key cryptography.

About the Author

Steven D. Galbraith is a leading international authority on the mathematics of public key cryptography. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland.