Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction
A Handbook for the 21st Century
Published on 1. February 2005
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-471-65317-2 (ISBN)
Description
Stressing the interconnections of the areas of study, Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction offers a complete yet accessible account of the technologies shaping the twenty-first century. This title contains the most up-to-date, detailed, and balanced treatment available on these subjects. The authors draw on their experience both in the classroom and in industry, giving the book's material and presentation a unique real-world orientation. Features include over 300 example problems and their solutions; the latest and most exciting new algorithms in use; discussion of cutting-edge cell biology applications; and a tiered approach to topics facilitating understanding by a wider group of readers. With its reader-friendly style and interdisciplinary emphasis, Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction serves as both an admirable teaching text and a tool for self-learning.
Reviews / Votes
"...the book is a useful information source for all people interested in information security." (Computing Reviews.com, January 18, 2006) "The book is certainly to be recommended, and it can be used at various levels, as both a reference text an as a text for undergraduate and graduate courses..." (Mathematical Reviews, 2006b)"...readers of this book will find their enthusiasm for communication theory greatly stimulated..." (CHOICE, December 2005)
"...although encyclopedic, is lively and engaging, written with palpable enthusiasm...a very readable text, one that encourages a reader to dip in and sample the treats." (MAA Reviews, June 23, 2005)
"...one of the most outstanding works in this area; it will prove useful to a broad category of readers..." (Computing Reviews.com, October 28, 2005)
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gebunden
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Charts: 22 B&W, 0 Color; Photos: 5 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 7 B&W, 0 Color; Graphs: 12 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Thickness: 2.8 cm
Weight
1049 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-65317-2 (9780471653172)
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Persons
AIDEN A. BRUEN, PHD, is a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has over 100 published articles in refereed journals and has served for many years on the Editorial Board of Designs, Codes and Cryptography. His research interests include error-correcting codes, number theory, algebraic geometry, algebra finite geometries, information theory, and cryptography.
MARIO A. FORCINITO, PHD, is a professional engineer with over ten years' experience as an industrial consultant. He is President of SUR Consultants in Engineering Science Inc., a member of the IEEE Computer Society, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Forcinito has experience lecturing on cryptography and numerical methods at several technical meetings.
Content
Preface.
I. CRYPTOGRAPHY.
1. History and Claude E. Shannon.
2. Classical Ciphers and Their Cryptanalysis.
3. RSA and Key Searches.
4. The Fundamentals of Modern Cryptography.
5. DES, AES and Operating Modes.
6. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).
7. General and Mathematical Attacks in Cryptography.
8. Topical Issues in Cryptography and Communications.
II. INFORMATION THEORY.
9. Information Theory and Its Applications.
10. Random Variables and Entropy.
11. Source Coding, Data Compression, Redundancy.
12. Channels, Capacity, the Fundamental Theorem.
13. Signals, Sampling, S/N Ratio, Coding Gain.
14. Ergodic and Markov Sources, Language Entropy.
15. Perfect Secrecy: The New Paradigm.
16. Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSR).
17. The Genetic Code.
III. ERROR-CORRECTION.
18. Error-Correction, Hadamard, and Bruen-Ott.
19. Finite Fields, Linear Algebra, and Number Theory.
20. Introduction to Linear Codes.
21. Linear Cyclic Codes and Shift Registers.
22. Reed Solomon and MDS Codes, Bruen-Thas-Blockhuis.
23. MDS Codes, Secret Sharing, Invariant Theory.
24. Key Reconciliation, Linear Codes, New Algorithms.
ASCII.
Shannon's Entropy Table.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.