MATH 5610 Number THeory and Cryptography

The course will start reviewing basic concepts of number theory that will then be used to introduce modern cryptography. In general cryptography aims to construct efficient schemes achieving some desired functionality. The most basic question in cryptography is that of secure communication across an insecure channel. While cryptography is an ancient field, in the last few decades the availability of computers and the wide spread of networked information systems and the Web, has dramatically increased both the need for good cryptography, and the possibilities that it can offer.
Credits: 3.0