Cryptography and Mathematics

Read the Neal Koblitz latest article, The Uneasy Relationship Between Mathematics and Cryptography from the American Mathematics Society.



The worlds of academic mathematical research and commercial and governmental application, with their occasionally distinct values and practices, meet and sometimes clash in the study and implementation of cryptosystems. The author describes his own experiences, and those of mathematical colleagues, in this intersection.

While you are at the AMS site, have a look at Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher. Published in 2003, includes 3 very interesting articles on the Mathematics of Escher.