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

algebracryptanalysisGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646--1716)codebreakingFrançois Viète (1540--1603)John Wallis (1616--1703)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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