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Number Theory: A Programmer's Guide
Herkommer, Mark. 1999. 425 pages.
Categories: Mathematics, Programming, Top Picks
Perhaps the best book from which a programmer could learn number theory on his own time. 425 pages of theory with code examples of nearly everything discussed (included on CD in back). Most of the number theory is directly applicable to modern cryptography. This is a "best of it's kind" book. It looks like it may have gone out of print already, so track down a used copy soon.


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