Cryptology: Classical and Modern with Maplets

Requiring only a basic understanding of algebra, statistics, and number theory, this text provides a general introduction to cryptography. It covers the topics, such as World War II ciphers, from cultural and historical contexts. The text presents many applications and uses the Mapleâ„¢ package Maplets, allowing students to readily perform difficult calculations without first having to learn Maple programming. The book can also be read without the use of Maplets-to complete the exercises, a hand-held calculator can easily be substituted for Maplets.