Download or read book Binary Quadratic Forms written by Johannes Buchmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book deals with algorithmic problems related to binary quadratic forms. It uniquely focuses on the algorithmic aspects of the theory. The book introduces the reader to important areas of number theory such as diophantine equations, reduction theory of quadratic forms, geometry of numbers and algebraic number theory. The book explains applications to cryptography and requires only basic mathematical knowledge. The author is a world leader in number theory.