Textbooks and Suggested Readings:

The following references are listed for one of two reasons: (1) either they provide an alternate source for some of the material presented in class, or (2) they go beyond what is covered in class and may be helpful for the student interested in learning more about a certain topic. An exciting (non-technical) overview of cryptography is the well-known book by Kahn: The Codebreakers. Some excellent references for computational number theory and applied algebra include:

Some Useful Links

(Please send me anything else of interest you find on the web!)