MTH 051 - Cryptology: The Mathematics of Secrecy

Course Units: 1

(Not offered 2013-14) The course will focus on the mathematical aspects of public-key cryptography, the modern science of creating secret ciphers (codes), which is largely based on number theory. Additional topics will be taken from cryptanalysis (the science of breaking secret ciphers) and from contributions that mathematics can make to data security and privacy.