TY - BOOK ID - 17953192 TI - Coding theory and cryptography : from enigma and Geheimschreiber to quantum theory PY - 2000 SN - 3540663363 3642596630 PB - Berlin Heidelberg New York Springer DB - UniCat KW - Coding theory KW - Cryptography KW - Congresses KW - Combinatorics. KW - Coding theory. KW - Information theory. KW - Number theory. KW - Data encryption (Computer science). KW - Data structures (Computer science). KW - Coding and Information Theory. KW - Number Theory. KW - Cryptology. KW - Data Structures and Information Theory. KW - Information structures (Computer science) KW - Structures, Data (Computer science) KW - Structures, Information (Computer science) KW - Electronic data processing KW - File organization (Computer science) KW - Abstract data types (Computer science) KW - Data encoding (Computer science) KW - Encryption of data (Computer science) KW - Computer security KW - Number study KW - Numbers, Theory of KW - Algebra KW - Communication theory KW - Communication KW - Cybernetics KW - Data compression (Telecommunication) KW - Digital electronics KW - Information theory KW - Machine theory KW - Signal theory (Telecommunication) KW - Computer programming KW - Combinatorics KW - Mathematical analysis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17953192 AB - These are the proceedings of the Conference on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory held at the U. S. Naval Academy during October 25-26, 1998. This book concerns elementary and advanced aspects of coding theory and cryptography. The coding theory contributions deal mostly with algebraic coding theory. Some of these papers are expository, whereas others are the result of original research. The emphasis is on geometric Goppa codes (Shokrollahi, Shokranian-Joyner), but there is also a paper on codes arising from combinatorial constructions (Michael). There are both, historical and mathematical papers on cryptography. Several of the contributions on cryptography describe the work done by the British and their allies during World War II to crack the German and Japanese ciphers (Hamer, Hilton, Tutte, Weierud, Urling). Some mathematical aspects of the Enigma rotor machine (Sherman) and more recent research on quantum cryptography (Lomonoco) are described. There are two papers concerned with the RSA cryptosystem and related number-theoretic issues (Wardlaw, Cosgrave). ER -