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Certified Signatures

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Number Theory in Science and Communication

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Information Sciences ((SSINF,volume 7))

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Here we learn how certified signatures can be attached to secret messages in the context of public-key encryby this method, which is based on modular arithmetic, appears to exceed by far that of notarized signatures, fingerprinting or, conceivably, even genetic analysis.

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  1. Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Bürgerstraße 42-44, D-3400, Göttingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Professor Dr. Manfred R. Schroeder (Direktor, Past Director)

  2. Acoustics Speech and Mechanics Research, Bell Laboratories, 07974, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

    Professor Dr. Manfred R. Schroeder (Direktor, Past Director)

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Schroeder, M.R. (1984). Certified Signatures. In: Number Theory in Science and Communication. Springer Series in Information Sciences, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02395-2_12

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