Relation between number theory and cryptography

[Scott Collins]

J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl at triton.unm.edu> writes:

  >if we were to add some noise [then] we have added [...] information

Perhaps in 'Information Relativity'.  With respect to the original system
(and by definition), noise is not information.  It is only data.


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