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Numbers, groups, and codes /
This textbook is an introduction to algebra via examples. The book moves from properties of integers, through other examples, to the beginnings of group theory. Applications to public key codes and to error correcting codes are emphasised. These applications, together with sections on logic and fini...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This textbook is an introduction to algebra via examples. The book moves from properties of integers, through other examples, to the beginnings of group theory. Applications to public key codes and to error correcting codes are emphasised. These applications, together with sections on logic and finite state machines, make the text suitable for students of computer science as well as mathematics students. Attention is paid to historical development of the mathematical ideas. This second edition contains new material on mathematical reasoning skills and a new chapter on polynomials has been adde. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-325) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511193467 9780511193460 052154050X 9780521540506 9780511648168 0511648162 9780511812187 0511812183 9780511194207 051119420X 1107141664 9781107141667 0511555652 9780511555657 |