Mathematician:Bailey Whitfield Diffie

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Mathematician

American mathematician and cryptographer.

One of the pioneers of public-key cryptography

Inventor with Martin Edward Hellman and Ralph Charles Merkle of the technique of public key cryptography.

Inventor with Martin Edward Hellman of the trapdoor function.


Nationality

American


History

  • Born: June 5, 1944 in Washington, D.C., United States


Theorems and Definitions

Definitions of concepts named for Bailey Whitfield Diffie can be found here.


Publications


Also known as

Usually uses the name Whitfield, or, informally, Whit.