Complexity and Cryptography: An Introduction

by Dominic Welsh and John Talbot

Book Overview

Cryptography plays a crucial role in many aspects of today's world, from internet banking and ecommerce to email and web-based business processes. Understanding the principles on which it is based is an important topic that requires a knowledge of both computational complexity and a range of topics in pure mathematics. This book provides that knowledge, combining an informal style with rigorous proofs of the key results to give an accessible introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521617715
• ISBN13: 9780521617710
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"