Mathematician:Ronald Linn Rivest

Mathematician

American cryptographer and software engineer, best known for his involvement in the creation of the RSA algorithm.

Also well-known for being one of the contributors to 1990: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson and Ronald L. Rivest: Introduction to Algorithms.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: May 6, 1947 in Schenectady, New York

Creations

• RSA Algorithm (with Adi Shamir and Leonard Max Adleman)

Definitions of concepts named for Ronald Linn Rivest can be found here.

Publications

• 1990: Introduction to Algorithms (with Thomas H. Cormen and Charles E. Leiserson)
  • 2001: Introduction to Algorithms, 2nd ed. (with Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson and Cliff Stein)
  • 2009: Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd ed. (with Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson and Cliff Stein)