Anintroductiontomathematicalcryptography

Anintroductiontomathematicalcryptography
ReviewFromthereviews:"Thebookisdevotedtopublickeycryptography,whoseprincipalgoalistoallowtwoormorepeopletoexchangeconfidentialinformation….Thematerialisverywellorganized,anditisself-contained:noprerequisitesinhighermathematicsareneeded.Infact,everythingisexplainedandcarefullycovered….thereisabundanceofexamplesandproposedexercisesattheendofeachchapter.…Thisbookisidealasatextbookforacourseaimedatundergraduatemathematicsorcomputersciencestudents."(FabioMainardi,TheMathematicalAssociationofAmerica,October,2008)"Thisbookfocusesonpublickeycryptography….Hoffstein,Pipher,andSilverman…provideathoroughtreatmentofthetopicswhilekeepingthematerialaccessible.…Thebookusesexamplesthroughoutthetexttoillustratethetheorems,andprovidesalargenumberofexercises….Thevolumeincludesanicebibliography.…SummingUp:Highlyrecommended.Upper-divisionundergraduatethroughprofessionalcollections."(C.Bauer,Choice,Vol.46(7),March,2009)"Formostundergraduatestudentsinmathematicsorcomputerscience(CS),mathematicalcryptographyisachallengingsubject.…itiswritteninawaythatmakesyouwanttokeepreading.…Theauthorsofficiallytargetedthebookforadvancedundergraduateorbeginninggraduatestudents.Ibelievethatthisaudienceisappropriate.…itcouldevenbeusedwithstudentswhoarejustlearninghowtoexecuterigorousmathematicalproofs.…Istronglybelievethatitfindstherighttonefortoday’sstudents…."(BurkhardEnglert,ACMComputingReviews,March,2009)"Theexercisesandtextwouldmakeanexcellentcourseforundergraduateindependentstudy.…Thisisanexcellentbook.Hoffstein,PipherandSilvermanhavewrittenasgoodabookasispossibletoexplainpublickeycryptography.…Thisbookwouldprobablybebestsuitedforagraduatecoursethatfocusedonpublickeycryptography,forunder