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Codes : an introduction to information communication and cryptography
- Title
- Codes : an introduction to information communication and cryptography / Norman L. Biggs.
- Author
- Biggs, Norman.
- Publication
- London : Springer, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- x, 273 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book is an integrated introduction to the mathematics of coding, that is, replacing information expressed in symbols, such as a natural language or a sequence of bits, by another message using (possibly) different symbols. There are three main reasons for doing this: economy, reliability, and security, and each is covered in detail. Only a modest mathematical background is assumed, the mathematical theory being introduced at a level that enables the basic problems to be stated carefully, but without unnecessary abstraction."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Springer undergraduate mathematics series, 1615-2085
- Uniform Title
- Springer undergraduate mathematics series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Coding and its uses -- Prefix-free codes -- Economical coding -- Data compression -- Noisy channels -- The problem of reliable communication -- The noisy coding theorems -- Linear codes -- Algebraic coding theory -- Coding natural languages -- The development of cryptography -- Cryptography in theory and practice -- The RSA cryptosystem -- Cryptography and calculation -- Elliptic curve cryptography.
- ISBN
- 9781848002722
- 1848002726
- 9781848002739
- 1848002734
- LCCN
- 2008930146
- 9781848002722
- 10.1007/978-1-84800-273-9.
- OCLC
- ocn226976116
- 226976116
- SCSB-9182466
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library