1 Integers.- 2 Cryptology.- 3 Groups.- 4 Fields.- 5 Polynomials.- 6 Secret Sharing.- 7 Error-Correcting Codes.- 8 Compression.- Appendix A: GAP.- Appendix B: Miscellanea.- Solutions to Exercises.- Index.

Arkadii M. Slinko is currently Professor of Mathematics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Before taking this position in 1993 he was a Senior Research Fellow of the interdisciplinary Institute of Systems Analysis of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has published extensively in a wide range of journals in mathematics, computer science, economics, and politics. His current research focuses on the mathematics of social choice, game theory, and secret sharing.