p-adic chaos in random number generation: reference materials avail?

[Jim Choate]

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Phillip H. Zakas wrote:

> continuing my braid group theory/crypto research (see my jan. thread)...am
> now working on problems of random number generation.  i've only recently
> begun to explore p-adics, in the context of applying p-adic chaos to random
> number generation. however i'm stretching the limits of my amateur
> mathematics background and would appreciate help in finding (what I can't
> seem to find myself): online and offline introduction to p-adics.

Check out a new book about the 'future of math'...

Mathematics Unlimited - 2001 and beyonde
ed. B. Engquist, W. Schmid
ISBN 3-540-66913-2
$45 US

The book is meant as a survey for grad students and practicing
mathematicians of the current 'hot' topics in mathematics. I'd do the ToC
but it's like 60+ chapters...

There is a chapter on "The p-adic L-Functions of Modular Elliptic Curves"
by Massimo Bertolini & Henri Darmon.

There's also a chapter by Koblitz on crypto and one on quantum crypto by
Jozef Grusak.

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