Introduction to ciphers and substitution. Alice and Bob and Carl and Julius: terminology and Caesar Cipher ; The key to the matter: generalizing the Caesar Cipher ; Multiplicative ciphers ; Affine ...
Mathematics can be used to unlock secret codes and ciphers that have challenged humans for ages. So says Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology mathematics professor Joshua Holden. He should know, for ...
I hope you enjoyed Ed’s guest posts on NP-complete problems on TV the last couple of Mondays. It’s always great to hear from others on math that they are thinking about. This week it’s me again, and ...