Lewis Carroll's ciphers: The literary connections

Charles L. Dodgson, who lectured on mathematics at Christ Church in Oxford University, constructed ciphers that were state of the art in his time. In poems and letters he demonstrated a great talent for creating acrostics and anagrams. In this paper I describe the ciphers closely and argue that thei...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Advances in applied mathematics 2005-05, Vol.34 (4), p.697-708
1. Verfasser:	Abeles, Francine F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algebra Applied sciences Baynes Beaufort Carroll Cipher Cryptography Dodgson Exact sciences and technology Game theory Logarithm Mathematics Number theory Operational research and scientific management Operational research. Management science Sciences and techniques of general use Variant Beaufort Vigenère
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Zusammenfassung:	Charles L. Dodgson, who lectured on mathematics at Christ Church in Oxford University, constructed ciphers that were state of the art in his time. In poems and letters he demonstrated a great talent for creating acrostics and anagrams. In this paper I describe the ciphers closely and argue that their creation was intertwined with his word game inventions.
ISSN:	0196-8858 1090-2074
DOI:	10.1016/j.aam.2004.06.006