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Mathematical Background |
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| Authors: |
Zachos, Efstathios Pagourtzis, Aristeidis Grontas, Panagiotis |
| Reviewer: |
Poulakis, Dimitrios |
| Subject: | MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > > > MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > INDERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY > > ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > > > MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > > MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > > MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > MATHEMATICS > NUMBER THEORY > COMPUTATIONAL NUMBER THEORY |
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| Abstract: |
Divisibility, prime numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. Arithmetic modulo, the ring Zn. Properties of operations in Zn. Chinese Remainder Theorem, Euler's φ function, Fermat's and Euler's Theorems. Groups, subgroups, Lagrange's Theorem. Generators, order of a group, Fundamental Theorem of Cyclic Groups. The multiplicative groups Zp* and U(Zn). Cyclicity of Zp*. Quadratic residues, computation of roots modulo n, Legendre and Jacobi symbols. The law of quadratic reciprocity. Polynomial arithmetic over finite fields. Elements of discrete probability. The birthday paradox.
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Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5441 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Zachos, E., Pagourtzis, A., & Grontas, P. (2015). Mathematical Background [Chapter]. In Zachos, E., Pagourtzis, A., & Grontas, P. 2015. Computational Cryptography [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/5441 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Computational Cryptography |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
