References 4.7 References and Suggested Readings
[1]
  Koblitz, N. A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography. 2nd ed. Springer, New York, 1994.
[2]
  Pomerance, C. âCryptology and Computational Number TheoryâAn Introduction,â in Cryptology and Computational Number Theory, Pomerance, C., ed. Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, vol. 42, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1990. This book gives an excellent account of how the method of repeated squares is used in cryptography.