Biggs, Norman. <br/><br/>
Codes :    an introduction to information communication and cryptography /  
Norman L. Biggs. 
 - London :    Springer,    c2008. 
 - x, 273 p. :    ill. ;    24 cm. 
 - Springer undergraduate mathematics series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Coding and its uses -- 2. Prefix-free codes -- 3. Economical coding -- 4. Data compression -- 5. Noisy channels -- 6. The problem of reliable communication -- 7. The noisy coding theorems -- 8. Linear codes -- 9. Algebraic coding theory -- 10. Coding natural languages -- 11. The development of cryptography -- 12. Cryptography in theory and practice -- 13. The RSA cryptosystem -- 14. Cryptography and calculation -- 15. Elliptic curve cryptography. 
<br/><br/> This book is an integrated introduction to the mathematics of coding, that is, replacing information expressed in symbols, such as a natural language or a sequence of bits, by another message using (possibly) different symbols. There are three main reasons for doing this: economy, reliability, and security, and each is covered in detail. Only a modest mathematical background is assumed, the mathematical theory being introduced at a level that enables the basic problems to be stated carefully, but without unnecessary abstraction. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1848002726 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008930146 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coding theory.<br/>Cryptography.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>003.54