Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preliminaries
- 1 Basic properties of the integers
- 2 Congruences
- 3 Computing with large integers
- 4 Euclid's algorithm
- 5 The distribution of primes
- 6 Finite and discrete probability distributions
- 7 Probabilistic algorithms
- 8 Abelian groups
- 9 Rings
- 10 Probabilistic primality testing
- 11 Finding generators and discrete logarithms in
- 12 Quadratic residues and quadratic reciprocity
- 13 Computational problems related to quadratic residues
- 14 Modules and vector spaces
- 15 Matrices
- 16 Subexponential-time discrete logarithms and factoring
- 17 More rings
- 18 Polynomial arithmetic and applications
- 19 Linearly generated sequences and applications
- 20 Finite fields
- 21 Algorithms for finite fields
- 22 Deterministic primality testing
- Appendix: Some useful facts
- Bibliography
- Index of notation
- Index
6 - Finite and discrete probability distributions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preliminaries
- 1 Basic properties of the integers
- 2 Congruences
- 3 Computing with large integers
- 4 Euclid's algorithm
- 5 The distribution of primes
- 6 Finite and discrete probability distributions
- 7 Probabilistic algorithms
- 8 Abelian groups
- 9 Rings
- 10 Probabilistic primality testing
- 11 Finding generators and discrete logarithms in
- 12 Quadratic residues and quadratic reciprocity
- 13 Computational problems related to quadratic residues
- 14 Modules and vector spaces
- 15 Matrices
- 16 Subexponential-time discrete logarithms and factoring
- 17 More rings
- 18 Polynomial arithmetic and applications
- 19 Linearly generated sequences and applications
- 20 Finite fields
- 21 Algorithms for finite fields
- 22 Deterministic primality testing
- Appendix: Some useful facts
- Bibliography
- Index of notation
- Index
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- A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra , pp. 96 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005