Enigma Variations: A Review Article

K. Vela Velupillai ()
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K. Vela Velupillai: Tottvägen 11, 169 54 Solna, Sweden

New Mathematics and Natural Computation (NMNC), 2020, vol. 16, issue 02, 377-396

Abstract: In this essay, which began as a Review Article of the book X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma was Broken by Dermot Turing, I discuss some of the background details of the Enigma Cypher Machine. The machine was supposed to be ‘unbreakable’, as claimed (in particular) by the manufacturers. It was repeatedly broken by Polish and British mathematicians, employed in their respective countries’ (and France’s) bureaus; in particular, heroically, by Alan Turing (at Bletchley Park, UK) and Marian Rejewski (in Poznań, Warsaw and France) — but others played important parts, too.

Keywords: Enigma machine; Alan Turing; Marian Rejewski; code breaking; permutations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1142/S1793005720500234

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