Full name: Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach

Author: Abraham Sinkov Year: 1966 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Computer Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780883856222 0883856220

Most people, acquainted with cryptology either through sensational cloak and dagger stories or through newspaper cryptograms, are not aware that many aspects of this art may be treated systematically, by means of some elementary mathematical concepts and methods. In this introduction, Professor Sinkov explains some of the fundamental techniques at the basis of cryptanalytic endeavor from which much more sophisticated techniques have evolved, especially since the advent of computers. The mathematical topics relevant in these discussions include modular arithmetic, a little number theory, some linear algebra of two dimensions with matrices, some combinatorics, and a little statistics. Also included are programs in BASIC developed by Paul Irwin for use in his course based on this book. Similar books: Cryptanalysis by Helen F. Gaines Decrypted Secrets by Friedrich L. Bauer Cryptography by Laurence Dwight Smith Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Martin Gardner Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Alfred Menezes In Code by Sarah Flannery Code Breaking by Rudolph Kippenhahn Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan Code Complete by Steve McConnell Refactoring by Martin Fowler Effective Java by Joshua Bloch Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes Clean Code by Robert C. Martin The Clean Coder by Robert C. Martin Linux Bible by Christopher Negus