Sec 1
Sec 1
1______> composite
-1_____> probably prime
•Group: The most basic structure with a single
operation satisfying closure, associativity, identity,
and inverse.
•Abelian Group: A group where the operation is also
commutative (order of operands doesn't matter).
•Ring: Two operations (usually addition and
multiplication) are defined. Addition forms an Abelian
group, and multiplication is associative and
Group distributive over addition.
•Commutative Ring: A ring where multiplication is
theory also commutative.
•Integral Domain: A commutative ring with a
multiplicative identity and no zero divisors (you can't
multiply two non-zero elements and get zero).
•Field: The richest structure. It's an integral domain
where every non-zero element has a multiplicative
inverse. This allows for division.
Group
Ring
• A ring R denoted by {R, +, *}, is a set of elements with two binary
operations, called addition and multiplication, such that for all 1 a, b,
c ∈ R the following axioms are obeyed:
1. Group (G1-G4), Abelian Group (G5).
2. Closure under multiplication (M1): If a, b ∈ R then ab ∈ R
3. Associativity of multiplication (M2): a(bc) = (ab)c for all a, b, c ∈ R
4. Distributive laws (M3):
1. a(b+c) = ab + ac for all a, b, c ∈ R
2. (a+b)c = ac + bc for all a, b, c ∈ R
Ring
• A ring is said to be commutative, if it satisfies the following additional
condition:
• Commutativity of multiplication (M4): ab = ba for all a, b ∈ R
• An integral domain is a commutative ring that obeys the following
axioms:
• Multiplicative identity (M5): There is an element 1 ∈ R such that a1 = 1a = a for
all a ∈ R.
• No zero divisors (M6): If a, b ∈ R and ab = 0, then either a = 0 or b = 0.
Field
• A field F, denoted by {F, +, }, is a set with two binary operations, addition (+) and
multiplication (), satisfying the following axioms:
• Integral Domain (A1-M6): F is an integral domain. This means it satisfies:
• Addition (A1-A5): Closure, Associativity, Identity, Inverse, Commutativity.
• Multiplication (M1-M6): Closure, Associativity, Distributivity, Commutativity,
Multiplicative Identity, No Zero Divisors.
• Multiplicative Inverse (M7): Every non-zero element in F has a multiplicative
inverse.
• ∀ a ∈ F, a ≠ 0, ∃ a⁻¹ ∈ F such that a * a⁻¹ = a⁻¹ * a = 1
Euler’s phi function
n = p × q, where 'p'
and 'q' are primes Φ(n) = (p-1) × (q-1)
n = a × b, where either
Φ(n)
'a' or 'b' is composite
or both 'a' and 'b' are Φ(n) = n × (1 - 1/p₁) × (1 - 1/p₂) × ... , where p₁, p₂, ... are distinct
composite primes
Using Group theory in cryptography