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

[Phillip H. Zakas]

terrific, thank you.
pz

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> Subject: Re: p-adic chaos in random number generation: reference
> materials avail?
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> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Phillip H. Zakas wrote:
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> > 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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