[net.crypt] summary of frequency references

alex@aecom.UUCP (05/18/84)

	For those who expressed interest, the following books contain
frequency tables:

	Beker, H. &  Piper, F.. Cipher Systems. John Wiley & Sons (N.Y. 1882).
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[Single-letter, bigrams, trigrams for English.]

	Gaines, Helen Fouche'. Elementary Cryptanalysis. American Photo-
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		graphic Publishing Co. (Boston, 1939).

[Out of print, but in Columbia U.'s math library. Contains freq. for single-]
[letters, di-grams, for english & some foreign languages; commonest english ]
[words; helpful hints.                                                      ]

	Haldane, R. A.. The Hidden World. Robert hale & Co. (London, 1976).
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[Single-letter, bigrams, trigrams for English & soe foreign languages in a ]
[chapter called "Modern Frequencies".                                       ]


	Again, thanks to those who contributed.
-- 
from the philosophical outlook of:

				Alex S. Fuss
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ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (05/21/84)

> 	Beker, H. &  Piper, F.. Cipher Systems. John Wiley & Sons (N.Y. 1882).
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> [Single-letter, bigrams, trigrams for English.]

Wow!  Henry and Fred are not that old!
Maybe "1982" is the right year.
-- 
  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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