Geometry and Codes (Mathematics and its Applications) | 
 enlarge | Author: Goppa
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 6871580
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 9027727767
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.72
EAN: 9789027727763
Publication Date: September 30, 1988
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abstract read September 23, 2008
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
From the last years of the Soviet Union [wouldn't this phrased have seemed like science fiction before then?] comes this book about cryptography. The Soviets never had the best computers like the Americans. But they had very good mathematicians, and the theory of cryptography was highly developed. Goppa explores one aspect. The intersection between geometry and coding. This includes looking at algebraic curves, and finding singular points of such a given curve.
The concept of an irreducible curve is defined and explored.
Note that the discussion is at a fairly abstract level. To go from the narrative to writing a cryptosystem would entail a lot more work.
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