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    Understanding the Mathematics Behind Cryptography

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    Author
    Kyriacos, Nicolas
    Advisor
    Wendt, Theodore; Ayers, Kimberly; Scott, Shaun
    Date of Issue
    2021
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    https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/10473
    Title
    Understanding the Mathematics Behind Cryptography
    Type
    Thesis
    Abstract
    Today the internet is being used more than ever in order to store, transfer and access information. As a result, our private information is vulnerable to malicious parties who wish to use it for their own personal benefit. Cryptography uses mathematics in order to hide our private data so that it cannot be accessed by anybody other than ourselves. We begin this paper by exploring the most basic kinds of cryptosystems such as shift transformations, linear transformations and affine transformations as well as the how these cryptosystems are cracked using frequency analysis. We then take a look at how these concepts translate to enciphering matrices. Furthermore, we explain the differences between private and public key cryptography and investigate the RSA cryptosystem which is one of the most common types of public key cryptosystems in use today.
    Degree Awarded
    Bachelor's
    Semester
    Spring
    Department
    Mathematics; Computer Science
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