Apr 02, 2025  
Undergraduate Catalog (ARCHIVED) 2020-2021 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  About DSU
  Academic Calendar
  Academic Programs
  Admissions Policies
  General Education
  College of Arts and Sciences
  College of Business and Information Systems
  The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences
  College of Education
  General Studies
  University Honors
  Course Descriptions
  Financial Aid
  Graduation Requirements and Procedures
  Registration for Courses
  Services and Facilities
  Study Away
  State Authorization
  University Policies
  Tuition, Fees, Other Costs
  Institutional Administration
  Campus Map
  My Portfolio
HELP
Undergraduate Catalog (ARCHIVED) 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Facebook this Page (opens a new window)
Tweet this Page (opens a new window)
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

MATH 436 - Number Theory and Cryptography

3 credits
An introduction to Number Theory and Computational Number Theory and the mathematical foundations of cryptography (classical cryptography; public key cryptography; cryptosystems; cryptographic protocols).  Topics to be selected from divisibility theory; primes and their distribution; primarily testing; factorization and factorization algorithms; computations with large integers (FFT), theory of congruences and applications; Euler’s Theorem; primitive roots; quadratic reciprocity; arithmetic functions; Moebius inversion; zeta functions; introduction to cryptography; cryptographic  communications; and information security algorithms and protocols. Prerequisite(s): MATH 201   and CSC 250  


Facebook this Page (opens a new window)
Tweet this Page (opens a new window)
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)