Re: A Question about Number Theory - A Newbie
From: Barry Margolin (barmar@genuity.net)Date: 02/07/02
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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 00:45:21 GMT
In article <f16f0b2a.0202061520.160e3778@posting.google.com>,
Peanut Butter <ISBN0111110@aol.com> wrote:
>What is number theory? Does it have any complexity? What complex
>fields of math are involved with cryptography? Thank you to all.
Number theory is an advanced field of math, that's typically taught as part
of the mathematics degree program at universities. It's hard to explain
what it is simply; it's mainly about dealing with sets of numbers that have
certain properties when you operate on them. Examples of sets that are
particularly useful in cryptography are prime numbers, products of prime
numbers, and modular groups.
-- Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net Genuity, Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.
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