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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• May, Mike

Titel

Using Maple Worksheets to Enable Student Explorations of Cryptography

Ist Teil von

• Cryptologia, 2009-04, Vol.33 (2), p.151-157

Ort / Verlag

West Point: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper explores the use of Maple worksheets in a course on modern cryptography for undergraduate sophomores and juniors. The worksheets allow students to explore deep topics without requiring many prerequisites. A sample worksheet, where students examine the effectiveness of the Fermat test is considered in some detail, and a sample list of other explorations done by the students is given. The paper concludes with the author's evaluation of the use of computer algebra in teaching cryptography.