I've gotten a few requests already for info on the book I mentioned. I usually avoid giving ISBN numbers for folks to order a book sight unseen--if they're going to spend $50-70 for a book, they at least ought to flip through it in person and see if they really want it. (Sidenote: Must be the electronic age...often when I mention a paper on something, I get notes asking me where it's available online! I admire these Net-dwellers (no relation to Detweiler!), but the fact is that most of the good stuff is only in print. The reasons are many.) Anyway, here's the EDM info:
ObCrytp Note: Just got the English translation in paperback of the Japanese-published "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics," a large 2-volume set with detailed articles on many branches of math. If the math talked about in crypto is sometimes obscure to you, check this out. The cost is $59, a real bargain these days.
MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-59020-4 (paperback), "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics," Second Edition, edited by Kiyosi Ito, 1993.
For $59, a real bargain. But if you don't have a fairly good crypto library (Schneier, especially, and perhaps Denning, Salomaa, Brassard, Simmons, etc.), then you'd probably do better to get some of them first. --Tim -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.