Secrets, Symbols, and Systems: Parallels between Cryptanalysis and Algebra, 1580-1700

DOI10.1086/383851MaRDI QIDQ4389750zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Pesic

Publication date 10 August 1998

Published in Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1086/383851

zbMATH Keywords

algebracodebreakingcryptanalysisFrançois Viète (1540--1603)Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646--1716)John Wallis (1616--1703)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of information and communication theory (94-03) Cryptography (94A60)

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