Cryptology and computational number theory / Carl Pomerance, editor ; Shafi Goldwasser [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldwasser, S. (Shafi), 1958- author.

Contributor:

Pomerance, Carl, editor.

American Mathematical Society. Short Course, organizer of meeting.

Series:

Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics. AMS short course lecture notes ; Volume 42.

Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics : AMS Short Course Lecture Notes, 0160-7634 ; Volume 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Number theory--Congresses.

Number theory.

Cryptography--Congresses.

Cryptography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contains the proceedings of an AMS Short Course in Cryptology and Computational Number Theory, held in August 1989 during the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boulder, Colorado. This book provides readers with a introduction to some of the principal advances in cryptology and computational number theory.

Contents:

Cryptology and computational number theory

an introduction / Carl Pomerance

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095548 Primality testing / Arjen K. Lenstra

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095549 Factoring / Carl Pomerance

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095550 The discrete logarithm problem / Kevin S. McCurley

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095551 The rise and fall of knapsack cryptosystems / A. M. Odlyzko

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095552 The search for provably secure cryptosystems / Shafi Goldwasser

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095553 Pseudorandom number generators in cryptography and number theory / J. C. Lagarias

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095554 Odds and ends from cryptology and computational number theory / Kevin S. McCurley

http://www.ams.org/psapm/042 https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/042/1095555

Notes:

"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society Short Course, Cryptology and Computational Number Theory, held in Boulder, Colorado August 6-7, 1989"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8218-9257-6