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Mathematical Reconstruction of the Enigma

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Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019 (EUROCAST 2019)

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This paper demonstrates the mathematical reconstruction of the three-rotor German cyphering machine Enigma by Polish cryptologists around Marian Rejewski in 1932 [1].

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  1. Rejewski, M.: How Polish mathematicians deciphered the Enigma. Ann. Hist. Comput. 3(3), 213–234 (1981)

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  1. Technisches Museum, Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140, Vienna, Austria

    Otmar Moritsch

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  1. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Roberto Moreno-Díaz

  2. Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria

    Franz Pichler

  3. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Alexis Quesada-Arencibia

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Moritsch, O. (2020). Mathematical Reconstruction of the Enigma. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2019. EUROCAST 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45093-9_14

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