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Also Known As public-key cryptosystem • public-key encryption • asymmetric cryptosystem • asymmetric encryption • two-key cryptography

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Adleman, Leonard M.
Leonard M. Adleman
American computer scientist
Ronald L. Rivest
American computer scientist
Adi Shamir
Israeli cryptographer

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