Public-Key Cryptography and Computational Number Theory: Proceedings of the International Conference organized by the Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center Warsaw, Poland, September 11-15, 2000

The proceedings contain 20 selected, refered contributions arising from the International Conference on Public-Key Cryptography and Computational Number Theory held in Warsaw, Poland, on September 11-15, 2000. This volume contains articles from leading experts in the world on cryptography and computational number thoery, providing an account of the state of research in a wide variety of topics related to the conference theme. It is dedicated to the memory of the Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), Jerzy Rozycki (1909-1942) and Henryk Zygalski (1907-1978), who deciphered the miltary version of the famous Enigma in December 1932-January 1933.