Suggestions for Further Reading
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
—Samuel Johnson
In this chapter, we have summarized the basic mathematical facts that cryptologists are expected to know in order to have a decent understanding of the present-day public-key technology. Our discussion has been often more intuitive than mathematically complete. A reader willing to gain further insight in these areas should look at materials written specifically to deal with the specialized topics. Here are our (biased) suggestions.
There are numerous textbooks on introductory algebra. The books by Herstein [125], Fraleigh [96], Dummit and Foote [81], Hungerford [133] and Adkins and Weintraub ...
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