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Matrices: A Secret Weapon
Students perform operations with matrices. In this algebra activity, students use cryptography and cryptanalysis to solve problems. They add, subtract, and multiply matrices.
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Matrices In Encryption And Decryption Of Codes
Students relate Cryptography to the solving of simultaneous linear equations in matrix notation. They explore various methods of encrypting and decrypting codes. Pupils discuss and solve simultaneous linear equations.
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Cryptography on the TI-83 Graphing Calculator
Students explore the history of cryptography. They assess function notation and transformation, matrix operations, and the fundamentals of modular arithmetic. Using graphing calculators, students develop their own encryption schemes.
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Cryptography Implementation
Students explore cryptology. They write a research paper on cryptography. Using linear equations, students invent a code and write a secret message. Students complete cryptography puzzles.
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Transposition Cryptography
Students differentiate the types of cryptosystems and use them to communicate privately. In this algebra lesson plan, students use substitution and transposition to identify the cryptographs. They send and receive cryptograms as...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Organize, Add and Multiply Matrices
When you're working on a problem with lots of numbers, as in economics, cryptography or 3D graphics, it helps to organize those numbers into a grid, or matrix. Bill Shillito shows us how to work with matrices, with tips for adding,...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Linear Algebra Close to Earth
The author of this site endeavours to explain how linear algebra has many applications in a wide range of disciplines, to help students see its uses in the real world.