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On Classical and Quantum Cryptography

Quantum Physics 2007-07-13 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Information Theory High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.IT math.MP

Abstract

Lectures on classical and quantum cryptography. Contents: Private key cryptosystems. Elements of number theory. Public key cryptography and RSA cryptosystem. Shannon`s entropy and mutual information. Entropic uncertainty relations. The no cloning theorem. The BB84 quantum cryptographic protocol. Security proofs. Bell`s theorem. The EPRBE quantum cryptographic protocol.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0108133,
  title  = {On Classical and Quantum Cryptography},
  author = {I. V. Volovich and Ya. I. Volovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0108133},
  year   = {2007}
}

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27 pages