Accession Number:
ADA009806
Title:
Equivalences of Vigenere Systems Over Finite Groups.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
CLEMSON UNIV S C DEPT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
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Report Date:
1974-05-20
Pagination or Media Count:
27.0
Abstract:
The classical Vigenere system for enciphering secret messages, named after Blaise de Vigenere 1523-1596, is well-known in cryptography. While a cryptogram enciphered by this method is readily solved by cryptanalysts, using such tools as probable words, repeated patterns and frequence analysis to construct a cryptographically equivalent system, it is interesting to study equivalence of Vigenere systems from a mathematical point of view. Such a study is the purpose of the present paper.
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Subject Categories:
- Theoretical Mathematics
- Non-Radio Communications