Cahit Arf Lecture 2001 by Gerhard Frey
Gerhard Frey
http://arflectures.math.metu.edu.tr/gerhardfrey.htmlBrauer Groups and Data Security
Date: | October 6, 2001 at 15:00 |
Place: |
Cahit Arf Auditorium |
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Abstract
We will deal with public key cryptosystems based on discrete logarithms in elliptic curves and multiplicative groups of finite fields. It will be shown that these problems lead to 'explicit' class field theory as well as local and global computations in Brauer groups of number fields.