EDM--Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics

[tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)]

I've gotten a few requests already for info on the book I mentioned. 

I usually avoid giving ISBN numbers for folks to order a book sight
unseen--if they're going to spend $50-70 for a book, they at least
ought to flip through it in person and see if they really want it.

(Sidenote: Must be the electronic age...often when I mention a paper
on something, I get notes asking me where it's available online! I
admire these Net-dwellers (no relation to Detweiler!), but the fact is
that most of the good stuff is only in print. The reasons are many.)

Anyway, here's the EDM info:

> > > ObCrytp Note: Just got the English translation in paperback of the
> > > Japanese-published "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics," a large
> > > 2-volume set with detailed articles on many branches of math. If the
> > > math talked about in crypto is sometimes obscure to you, check this
> > > out. The cost is $59, a real bargain these days.


> MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-59020-4 (paperback), "Encyclopedic Dictionary of
> Mathematics," Second Edition, edited by Kiyosi Ito, 1993.


For $59, a real bargain. But if you don't have a fairly good crypto
library (Schneier, especially, and perhaps Denning, Salomaa, Brassard,
Simmons, etc.), then you'd probably do better to get some of them
first.

--Tim


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