APPLICATIONS OF ABSTRACT ALGEBRA WITH MAPLE

By O. BEDAL

CONTENTS 1 PRELIMINARY MATHEMATICS 2 BLOCK DESIGNS 3 ERROR-CORRECTING CODES 4 BCH CODES 5 REED-SOLOMON CODES 6 ALGEBRAIC CRYPTOGRAPHY 7 THE RSA CRYPTOSYSTEM 8 ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY 9 POLYA THEORY