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

DOI10.1086/383851zbMATH Open0906.01004OpenAlexW2018081825MaRDI QIDQ4389750FDOQ4389750

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

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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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