Decoding a matrix encryption cipher

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dooga Blackrazor
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Encryption Matrices
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
2 replies · 2K views
Physics news on Phys.org
Find the inverse of A and left-multiply it by the coded matrix. Call B the message matrix, and B' the coded matrix. You get the coded matrix by finding

AB = B'

Get the uncoded matrix by taking

A^(-1)B' = A^(-1)AB = IB = B
 
They give the inverse matrix of A just above the sentence "I LOVE MONICA". It appears to be off though, and is actually the negative of the inverse.