Applications of prime numbers

This report explores the historical development of three areas of study regarding prime numbers. The attempt to find an efficient and useful function to generate primes could be a helpful tool in the improvement of encryption. The difficulty of factoring large numbers allows the Rivest, Shamir and A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuler, Paul Lavelle
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-5929