L'utilità di una teoria inutile-Crittografia, firma digitale e teoria dei numeri
arXiv:1102.2919
Abstract
The theory of numbers was supposed to be the less useful branch of mathematics. At the same time, cryptography was thought to be a military or a diplomatic issue. In this note we show how the two concepts are today strictly related and how this link affects our daily activities.
34 pages, in Italian. Extended version of a paper published by the Italian magazine Progetto Alice, 2010-III, Vol. XI, n.33, 427-462