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Re: Recommended coursework for budding cryptologist?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Rosing)
Wed Dec 10 11:31:01 1997
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 22:21:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Rosing <cryptech@Mcs.Net>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19971210001315.0073f604@pop.mindspring.com>
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, John Brothers wrote:
> She has a strong overall math background - are there any math courses
> other than Numerical Analysis that would provide her with a stronger foundation
> for further study of crypto? I know that the content of classes vary from
> school to school - I'm looking more for general topical guidelines - for
> example - random numbers, etc.
Number Theory is a must. Linear algebra, advanced algebra and algebra of
algebras (function theory) are also useful. Elliptic curve math is
covered in many places, with Certicom's challenges that's useful too.
Look up Fermat's Last Theroem and learn all the math associated with
solving it (like just about everything!!) It is all useful for crypto.
Good luck and have fun!
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
