PLACE Lecture Series

Title

Cracking of Enigma

Streaming Media

Document Type

Video File

Duration

57 minutes 28 seconds

Publication Date

11-10-2016

Disciplines

Information Security | Mathematics

Abstract

In this lecture, Dr. David Perry (cryptologic mathematician at the National Security Agency) discusses the Enigma, a cryptodevice used by the Germans before and during World War II. Perry explains how the Polish cipher bureau eventually cracked the "uncrackable" Enigma by employing mathematics in a way that had no precedent at the time. Shortly after, cryptology moved into the purview of mathematicians, where it remains today.

Comments

Sponsored by PLACE and the Linfield College Mathematics Department.

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