Modern Computer Algebra

Introduction; 1. Cyclohexane, cryptography, codes, and computer algebra; Part I. Euclid: 2. Fundamental algorithms; 3. The Euclidean Algorithm; 4. Applications of the Euclidean Algorithm; 5. Modular algorithms and interpolation; 6. The resultant and gcd computation; 7. Application: decoding BCH codes; Part II. Newton: 8. Fast multiplication; 9. Newton iteration; 10. Fast polynomial evaluation and interpolation; 11. Fast Euclidean Algorithm; 12. Fast linear algebra; 13. Fourier Transform and image compression; Part III. Gauß: 14. Factoring polynomials over finite fields; 15. Hensel lifting and factoring polynomials; 16. Short vectors in lattices; 17. Applications of basis reduction; Part IV. Fermat: 18. Primality testing; 19. Factoring integers; 20. Application: public key cryptography; Part V. Hilbert: 21. Gröbner bases; 22. Symbolic integration; 23. Symbolic summation; 24. Applications; Appendix: 25. Fundamental concepts; Sources of illustrations; Sources of quotations; List of algorithms; List of figures and tables; References; List of notation; Index.