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Title Discrete Algebraic Methods : Arithmetic, Cryptography, Automata and Groups / Volker Diekert, Manfred Kufleitner, Gerhard Rosenberger, Ulrich Hertrampf
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (354 pages)
Series De Gruyter Textbook
De Gruyter textbook.
Contents Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Algebraic structures -- 2. Cryptography -- 3. Number theoretic algorithms -- 4. Polynomial time primality test -- 5. Elliptic curves -- 6. Combinatorics on words -- 7. Automata -- 8. Discrete infinite groups -- Solutions to exercises -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary From basic algebraic structures to cryptography, arithmetic with elliptic curves, and automata - this textbook contains a modern introduction to discrete algebraic methods as required by mathematicians and computer scientists in the age of the internet. It lays foundations for theoretical computer science and is suitable for master students with a basic background in mathematics
The idea behind this book is to provide the mathematical foundations for assessing modern developments in the Information Age. It deepens and complements the basic concepts, but it also considers instructive and more advanced topics. The treatise starts with a general chapter on algebraic structures; this part provides all the necessary knowledge for the rest of the book. The next chapter gives a concise overview of cryptography. Chapter 3 on number theoretic algorithms is important for developping cryptosystems, Chapter 4 presents the deterministic primality test of Agrawal, Kayal, and Saxena. The account to elliptic curves again focuses on cryptographic applications and algorithms. With combinatorics on words and automata theory, the reader is introduced to two areas of theoretical computer science where semigroups play a fundamental role. The last chapter is devoted to combinatorial group theory and its connections to automata
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed May 30, 2016)
Subject Algorithms -- Textbooks
Computer science -- Textbooks -- Mathematics
Cryptography -- Textbooks
Ordered algebraic structures -- Textbooks
MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
Algorithms
Cryptography
Ordered algebraic structures
Diskrete Mathematik
Algebraische Methode
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Hertrampf, Ulrich
Kufleitner, Manfred
Rosenberger, Gerhard
ISBN 9783110416329
3110416328