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Pete Pukit 1102

This document discusses cryptography using matrix encoding and decoding. It defines an encoding matrix A and calculates its determinant to be 1. It includes a table assigning numbers to letters and uses the matrix to encode a message into numbers. It then finds the inverse decoding matrix 1/A and uses it to decode the encoded message back into the original letters.

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Pete Pukit 1102

This document discusses cryptography using matrix encoding and decoding. It defines an encoding matrix A and calculates its determinant to be 1. It includes a table assigning numbers to letters and uses the matrix to encode a message into numbers. It then finds the inverse decoding matrix 1/A and uses it to decode the encoded message back into the original letters.

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Cryptography Project 

Encoding matrix A 
 
 
 
 
Finding the determinant of Encoding matrix : Cofactor expansion of column 1 
-R5 + R1 
-R5 + R2 
-R5 + R3 
-R5 + R4 
 
 
 
det(A) = +1  + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 
 
 
= +1 • { -1  } 
 
 
= +1 • { -1 • {  +1 } } 
 
= 1(1) - 2(1) = -1 
 
 
det(A) = (+1) × (-1) × (+1) × (-1) = 1 
Encoding Message : Message > Number > Encoded Message 
Table : 
Assigned No.  Assigned Letter  Assigned No.  Assigned Letter  Assigned No.  Assigned Letter 
0  *Space*  13  M  26  Z 
1  A  14  N  27  . 
2  B  15  O  28  , 
3  C  16  P  29  ! 
4  D  17  Q  30  ? 
5  E  18  R  31  : 
6  F  19  S  32  ; 
7  G  20  T  33  " 
8  H  21  U  34  ( 
9  I  22  V  35  ) 
10  J  23  W  36  - 
11  K  24  X  37  / 
12  L  25  Y  38  ' 
 
Message(Letter) : ​[t_at_]​ ​[the_e]​ ​[nd_of]​ ​[_the_]​ ​[tunne]​ ​[l,_un]​ ​[less_] 
Message(Number) :   
[20 0 1 20 0]​, ​[20 8 5 0 5]​, ​[14 4 0 15 6]​, ​[0 20 8 5 0]​, ​[20 21 14 14 5]​, ​[12 28 0 21 14]​, ​[12 5 19 19 0] 

 
Message • Encoding matrix A = Encoded message 
 
 
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Finding the inverse of the Encoding matrix : Doubly Augmented Matrix 
 
 
 
 
Swap R1 with R5 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swap R2 with R3 

 
 
 
 
-R5 + R4 

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
Decoding matrix: 1/A 
 
 
 
 
 
Decoding the Encoded Message : Encoded Message > Number > Message 
 
Encoded Number • Decoding matrix = Message 
 
 
• 
 
 
 
Message(Number) :   
[20 0 1 20 0]​, ​[20 8 5 0 5]​, ​[14 4 0 15 6]​, ​[0 20 8 5 0]​, ​[20 21 14 14 5]​, ​[12 28 0 21 14]​, ​[12 5 19 19 0] 
 

Message(Letter) : ​[t_at_]​ ​[the_e]​ ​[nd_of]​ ​[_the_]​ ​[tunne]​ ​[l,_un]​ ​[less_] 

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