Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)
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Review
Washington…has found just the right level of abstraction for a first book; he gets very far and he demands less algebraic geometry than J. Silverman uses in his two books and also less analysis than A. Knapp presumes in his. Notably, he offers the most lucid and concrete account ever of the perpetually mysterious Shafarevich Tate group. A pleasure to read! Summing Up: Highly recommended.
- CHOICE, March 2004
There are already a number of books about elliptic curves, but this new offering by Washington is definitely among the best of them. It gives a rigorous though relatively elementary development of the theory of elliptic curves, with emphasis on those aspects of the theory most relevant for an understanding of elliptic curve cryptography. … this book is an excellent companion to the books of Silverman and Blake, Seroussi and Smart. It would be a fine asset to any library or collection.
- Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2004e
In Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Larry Washington has written a nice, relatively complete, elementary account of elliptical curves.
- Bulletin of the AMS
Book Description
Written by a well-known number theorist with an extensive cryptographic background, this book interweaves the theory of elliptic curves with their applications, particularly to cryptography. A thorough treatment is given for the discrete logarithm problem for elliptic curves. Recent applications of the Weil pairing and the Tate-Lichtenbaum pairing are discussed. The text treats elliptic curves over finite fields, the rationals, and the complex numbers. The book makes elliptic curves accessible to a large audience, including senior-level undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and computer science.
Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)
Elliptic Curves (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications),Lawrence C. Washington,Chapman & Hall/CRC,1584883650,Applied,Cryptography,Curves, Elliptic,Geometry - Algebraic,Mathematics,Number Theory,Science/Mathematics,Geometry,Mathematics / Combinatorics
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